Quote from: lorax2013 on November 14, 2013, 03:11:41 AM

Just my 2 bits. I've spent years successfully educating about precious metals and you have to look at things from the other person's perspective. What is the real difficulty outsiders have in adopting new technology or taking risks? It is fear of the unknown. People have never bought a bitcoin before, all the average person knows is that it looks complicated, lots of unknowns, wallet could get hacked, etc.

#25 on the list is the real way to get new users imo. For example nobody had to proselytize me on bitcoin. I wanted to buy back when it was 10 cents. But I'm not a computer guy and I didn't want the hassle. Yeah I expected it would rise, probably double or triple - haha - but who needed the headache. I had many friends into bitcoin and I researched it somewhat online, but I didn't want to bother anyone to sit down and waste their time showing me how to safely buy bitcoin and nobody volunteered. Finally I learned and the platforms got better and I started buying but only because I was always convinced it was a good idea. The average outsider has twice as many issues - first you have to convince them of the usefulness/potential and then you have to show them how to handle bitcoin safely.

Once I learned myself, within days I was helping friends just like me (convinced but didn't know the technology) buy thousands of dollars in bitcoin. That made me uncomfortable being a total novice, but again nobody else was willing to sit down and guide anyone. Just like with precious metal, there are 10,000 videos and discussions hyping "how great it is" but very rarely do you see a coherent explanation for lay people about the basic concept and most importantly a very very simple guide to buying and using coins. Human nature always amazes me....

Devcoin solves the risk issue, earning free coins offsets any loss. It's just common sense.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWsmx6JmqCc
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