Quote from: Dondie on February 06, 2015, 09:34:51 AM

Quote from: MaryKris on February 05, 2015, 03:56:04 PM

Well more than half of the General public doesn't!

If you read the write up:

http://bitforum.info/t/do-you-know-what-bitcoin-is-more-than-half-of-the-general-public-dont/224?u=angelo

WTF? How come bitcoin is still unknown to the common people?
Start ups after start ups have managed to raise millions and millions in funding but more than 50% of the common people doesnt know about it?

What do you think is lacking? What are bitcoin's shortcomings?

Why not try this experiment at home.

Ask your mom, ask your dad, your aunt and uncle, your wife, your brother, your sister, your in laws ---see how many know about Bitcoin.

I have tried this little experiment at home and the results are as follows:

Mum - Never heard of it
Dad - Never heard of it, I don't use computers
Aunt - Is it a game?
Uncle - Can you buy beer with it?
Aunt 2 - Never heard of it
Uncle 2 - Never heard of it
Fiancee - knows "of it" from my influence but nothing more than that
Brother - You keep going on about it but I still don't know what it is
Brother 2 - Seen an article once about it but didn't show any interest
In-Law - Never heard of it

So out of 10 people you could say that Fiancee and Brother 2 have heard of it but have no further knowledge (20% of 10 people)