Topic: you're making bitcoin complicated - page 6. (Read 1289 times)

You gotta explain to people how Bitcoin is better than banks, because simply being an online payment method for p2p transactions is not enough, companies like PayPal and Venmo and countless others have been offering it for years, and with simpler user experience. Privacy is a perfectly valid point, these days people are paying for VPN and are installing anti-tracking addons, so there's nothing negative about that.

If you encourage newbie to choose random web wallet without knowing the security and do proper research, that newbies will fell to scam web wallet (e.g. freewallet). Electrum is the best wallet for newbie-friendly and safe.

Even though you use bitcoin for a good things (e.g. fundraising for charity) that doesn't mean people will not do bad things to you. If they know what's your name, where your location and which address you use... they can simply do $5 wrench attack. Be careful about your privacy and it's not anonymous but pseudonymous.

I really don't think so! In reality, internet is full with super easy guides available for free of cost. Anyone who is willing to learn about bitcoin, can make use of these guides and articles. I personally have learned bitcoin in a Similar way back in 2015 when such resources were very limited.

There are mainly two types of learners available in this market. One who wishes to learn about the technology and other who wishes to make money. The problem is with this second group. Lack of patience usually ruins their learning capabilities. We are not making things complicated!

This is not true, not all the users show the hard way for the newbies... Maybe some of them do it but not all of them. And the newbies should search the information by themselves that be there waiting for someone to answer their doubts.

Is the newbie's responsibility to learn the bitcoin basics, and not our responsibility to teach them how it works.

[General] Bitcoin Wallets - Which, what, why?
Custodial vs. Non Custodial Wallets - "Not your keys, not your coin" Explained.
[Guide] Hardware wallets - which one is a good choice?
Wallet summary (not mine)

Web wallets are unsafe. I use Electrum because of its lightweight on my computer and after install or open it I can use it immediately.

And completely insecure. And it teaches the newbie to trust an anonymous stranger with their coins, which is the exact opposite of what bitcoin was designed to do. There's a reason a lot of people recommend hardware wallets, and that's because they are a good balance of security and ease of use for newbies. If you teach a newbie to use a web wallet, who is then phished or hacked and loses all their coins, then there is no faster way to turn them away from bitcoin.

Faucets are pointless. You will spend hours filling in captchas to earn a few cents worth of bitcoin. We shouldn't be telling newbies to join signature campaigns either, and every time I see someone recommend a brand new account a signature campaign I cringe.

Bitcoin is money. You can acquire bitcoin the same way you acquire any type of money. Get a job and earn it, sell a good or service for it, or exchange another type of money for it.

I'll agree with you here. We should be teaching newbies that bitcoin is money, to be used for payments and trades, and not just to be hoarded. Bitcoin isn't anonymous, anyway.

I won't agree with you. Old users want to tech perfect things about bitcoin, so the new user will not regret it in the future. If someone asks you about a bitcoin wallet then you should suggest a good wallet as a senior bitcoin user, web wallet wouldn't safe ever and newbies would regret when they will face many problems like KYC and account block. Even they can't buy a hardware wallet they should use a noncustodial wallet and no cost for it. If you don't suggest a hardware wallet then how newbies will no that it is such as an option to keep safer your bitcoin.

Regarding earnings, everyone earing from a different way, so they will suggest as same. Also, they should know regarding anonymity, either they follow it or not. I can't see anything wrong here.

Bitcoin user is making bitcoin complicated for a newbie
I discover that bitcoin is becoming more and more complicated not because it is really hard to understand
but instead those who are not new in bitcoin are making it complicated. (Even Myself  )
as I think a little bit deeper I realized it and plan to change my approach to the newbie as a self-reflection.
I want to learn more how can i make bitcoin newbie friendly as simplest as possible.

Example:

If a newbie asks what is a good wallet to use?
Bitcoin User will answer the hardware wallet which is not free. Yes it is safest but not a newbie-friendly

Instead of a web wallet that is free and easy to use. Every wallet has its own flaws in order to secure your bitcoin you have to learn how to use it and make it secure.

If a newbie asks how to earn bitcoin?
Bitcoin user will say Signature campaign which is also not newbie friendly because you cant join the signature campaign now if you are a newbie.until they discover the altcoin campaign where they can join but will be disappointed sooner or later because of not getting paid and leave bitcoin and tell that it is a scam.

Instead, teach them one of the basic ways to earn bitcoin which is micro earning where they can earn small amount of bitcoin like faucets for them to test bitcoin

If a newbie asks what good thing about bitcoin? anonymity?
Bitcoin user wants to teach about one the good thing about bitcoin which is anonymity but for a newbie point of view, it will also make confusion because if im the newbie why do I need to become anonymous if im not planning to do bad things.

instead, teach them the basic about bitcoin which is a payment method where they can use online or they can do a person to person transaction