I often find myself in the difficult situation of answering this question:
"I heard about this Bitcoin thing, how can I buy it?"
Interesting write-up. I just gave you the merit for making me laugh and remember how I was 2 years back. When I heard of bitcoin for the first time, I felt like "I am gonna solve the cryptography SHA256 problem and find a number (nonce) which can decode the hash lower than the current target and subsequently I can earn the 12.5 btc easily."

Isn't that an absolute trash? So was I and many of us back in the early days of gaining knowledge on what is bitcoin and blockchain. It would be difficult to teach the newbies and make them understand unless they have the interest on learning the technology behind the bitcoin. Rather we can help them in understanding how important bitcoin is for the digital world and carrying out payments globally in a decentralized way.
Not every one of us needs to worry about the technical aspects of bitcoin and OTOH we shouldn't be forcing anyone to understand the technical aspects of cryptography, the code, the algorithms, the mining etc for investing in them. Rather we can teach them "Why we need Bitcoin for a better world?", The economic aspects, the decentralization and the trust model. Decades and centuries back we were thinking of a possible way to communicate with people residing in other end of the world in a cheaper and more faster way and they were realized by the invention of Internet, so is Bitcoin! The money we have is not controlled by any of the governments, can send payments all over the world in a go, a decentralized currency for the global population created by the people and for the people.
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"The Internet of Money" volumes are a perfect read for people who are not technically strong in the code and willing to learn "Why should they use Bitcoin" and minimize their usage of fiat money.