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Board Bitcoin Discussion
Re: The difficulty of explaining Bitcoin to people is massive
by
Sanugarid
on 24/09/2021, 10:46:14 UTC
Hey guys!

I have noticed that whenever people in real life find out that I use bitcoin, they ask me to explain it to them. For example, some family friends that are my age came over to my house around 2 weeks ago, when they arrived, I was looking at crypto graphs because I had a little bit of money saved up to invest. Bitcoin was on one of the charts, so when they walked into my room, they asked about it, "You do bitcoin? How does it even work?." So I started explaining it to them, but what they didnt get was that it is decentralized. When I was explaining it they asked "Why doesnt bitcoin's creator give himself a billion bitcoin?" I told them that it is impossible for the creator to do so since he doesnt have control over the network, but after I said that, they told me that I was wrong and that since He made it, he can control it, which is incorrect. Do you guys have any suggestions on how to explain coins to non-crypto people?

Just explain it in detail especially the part that they don't really understand and tell them that's not how it works the way they think it is. I understand your point but Bitcoin and the technology behind it is not something you could explain and be easily understood by other people in a matter of an hour. Of course, it will take a while before people understand your point just give them time and effort to make complex things look simple and understandable.