Quote from: OgNasty on April 02, 2022, 06:20:53 PM

I think the main thing preventing adoption is that people are set in their ways and Bitcoin is new and scary. A lot of people don't want the responsibility of having to safeguard their own coins, or even learn about the process. They've heard horror stories about keeping funds on an exchange and don't trust themselves to store it themselves, so what are they to do? Many people like this would likely only get exposure to Bitcoin through things like ETFs in their retirement accounts. Over the years I've given friends quite a bit of BTC and it almost never fails that they lose their keys or some other thing that caused them to lose their Bitcoin. The average person is definitely not ready to have their finances in their own hands... There are still folks paying financial advisors to set their money in index funds... People have a long way to go when it comes to financial knowledge and I don't see schools doing their part. For this reason, I think it would realistically take generations before everyone got on board with cryptocurrencies.

Yes, in general you are right. To work with cryptocurrency, you need certain knowledge in this area. However, it is not enough just to learn how to work with cryptocurrency. You also need to be able to protect yourself from hackers and scammers, be able to avoid numerous mistakes that are often made by inexperienced and inattentive users. In addition, the cryptocurrency continues to develop very rapidly. Coins and tokens, according to the decision of the project team, often move to other platforms, other actions are performed, and you need to constantly monitor this and be aware of all changes, otherwise only useless numbers and symbols may remain from coins and tokens.
Many people are either too busy with other daily activities, or simply lazy. This explains why many are in no hurry to use cryptocurrency, despite its obvious advantages.