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Board Bitcoin Discussion
Re: you're making bitcoin complicated
by
witcher_sense
on 07/09/2020, 05:52:59 UTC
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.

Experienced users recommend hardware wallets precisely because of the fact it is a safest option for a newbie. It is true that they are not free, but security they provide worth to pay for. And if you have no money to buy even cheapest one, what were you going to put into bitcoin wallet anyway? Listen to experienced usets, especially on this forum, because they want bitcoin to be adopted and they like to teach newcommers because of this. If every newbie were suggested to use shitty web wallet to store "their" money, then bitcoin wouldn't have a chance to become adopted among inexperienced users.  In such case, newbies would lost everything and go away forever. It would be too complicated, because every your step would lead to being scammed by dishonest owners of "your" keys.

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

What a stupid question as if bitcoin is a magic money of Internet that can be earned in magical ways. First, you have to learn what bitcoin is, why it is considered sound money, why it is better than current financial chaos. By the time you realize that bitcoin is money, you will have already understood that bitcoin can be earned exactly the same way as fiat. If you don't know how to earn money in general, that is another question.

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


If you don't value your privacy, your KYC documents will be sold on darknet and you will be scammed another way. Maybe you have nothing to hide, which is very hard to believe in, but don't sacrifice your identity, wellbeing and life because of this. Protect your rights, listen to advice and make your own decisions based on your own experience and other's mistakes.