Quote from: lolgato on December 11, 2015, 08:39:23 PM

Told my friends about it they didn't seem that interested or wanted my money at least I tried spreading it it's a lot harder than it looks.

Hey, you make a good point.

In my opinion, the issue at hand involves our programmed pattern of thought when it comes to access to information, and thereby, technology.

Our system of mass media, though it is a played-out cliche to speak of its control over people in our society today, cannot be easily de-throned as the ruler of most people's minds - especially when it comes to new and emerging technologies.

--- Conflagrate all that with issues of money, privacy, trust etc etc etc and this entire cryptocurrency thing is a hot-button issue, I can guarantee you that.

So, most people are just going to sit back and wait for a branded, logo-having COMPANY to tell them that what to do.

It is difficult for many or most people to understand that much of the commercial technology that they use everyday has its foundation in Open Source type of research and development. (I'm not excluding myself from these critiques)
We often want to be assured that there is a commercial entity, with resources at its disposal, standing behind the products and services we consume.

--- So, look at my avatar and signature. I come off like a paid shill for Monero. In reality, I just hope for increased adoption, in order to increase the value of my paltry holdings, via the Network Effect.

Do I really think any of this can survive in today's day and age? No. not really. Dystopian is my unfortunate outlook on the future. If the world was more utopian than dystopian, would Satoshi have had to stay unknown? I don't think he or she or they would have felt forced to do so.

And crap, I'm forgetting to mention the biggest issue of all: All money has been fiat for how long now? Bitcoin and the coins that have followed it are NOT FIAT.

Huh

~90% of people are going to lose their minds if you try to explain the history and concepts of money to them (and I'm not talking about the dumbed-down version of the history of money that they teach in primary schools). In their minds: All money is fiat money. Anything that isn't fiat money is going to confuse the crap out of them until mass media explains it (probably in ~30 second segments).