I wouldn't say that those you are referring to as lazing around are doing so because they are afraid to invest but rather it could be that they lack knowledge about Bitcoin and that of good investment plans or approach, I don't consider Bitcoin as risky as lot of people talk about it since investing in Bitcoin doesn't limit us from enjoying ourselves and taking care of important needs, Bitcoin will keep surprising those that are very skeptical about it and making more ATH, there is nothing to be afraid of when we prioritize investing from our discretionary income, we can only prepare for what will happen at the top from the down.
They are cautious with something they didn't utilize before - that's how it is, unfortunately/.
BTC will prove to them why they should change their stance on it either way.
Bitcoin does not need to prove anything to silence people who have different views because in the end in this case I think it all comes back to their respective perspectives and we cannot change anyone's stance by trying to prove ourselves that we are right and they are wrong.
I prefer to focus on my own goals in this case, not that I don't want to say that bitcoin can pave the way to a better direction but in the end instead of us being busy with other people's assessments of bitcoin it would be better if we just focus on what we do so that everything is good for ourselves.
Talking about investing all have their own views on this especially when talking about bitcoin, so why be busy to control other people's thoughts that are sometimes not in line with the thinking we do because in the end besides that it will waste time, it also won't make us develop because we are busy with other people and not busy preparing the investment we want to keep and I don't think it will also make bitcoin still be seen as good just because we seem to emphasize that bitcoin is right and those who have different views are wrong.
I consider it a courtesy to be telling no coiners and low coiners about bitcoin, and yeah, in the end, they can do what they like. There are going to be a lot of them left behind who have failed refused to get started in their bitcoin stacking journey, even guys who have capacities to accomplish such stacking.
Sure there is a certain waste of time to tell others about bitcoin, yet it is also a courtesy and perhaps a little bit of an obligation to at least let people know, especially family and friends.. but yeah, a lot of them will choose to continue to fail/refuse to act to get started in their bitcoin accumulation journey, and they will end up having to buy bitcoin at higher prices or go to the grave as a low coiner/no coiner.
Indeed, sharing Bitcoin knowledge to others could be seen as courtesy, especially to those who are close to you. Though not everyone would take action or hop on the bandwagon but that doesn’t really stop me from telling people about Bitcoin and its benefits, because I just might never tell who’s been waiting all his life to hear about Bitcoin, or who might immediately develop the interest to invest and benefit from just hearing and understanding what Bitcoin really holds for its investors.
Your point about the potential downsides of failing to invest in Bitcoin early on is spot on. As Waiting for so long could potentially result to buying at a very high price or completely missing out on potential buying opportunities, thereby ending in regrets when you finally realize that you should’ve really bought earlier. It’s not like it can actually be too late to invest in Bitcoin, but it’s always better to invest earlier and avoid waiting.
It’s essential to always approach conversation with patience and empathy when sharing your knowledge with newbies in order to avoid being misunderstood, or appearing kinda judgmental or pushy, because instead of igniting that curiosity and interest to jump on the train, this has the potential to do the opposite, by creating a form of resistance. And that’s why it’s important to focus more educating and sharing one’s experience in a more understandable way.
Not investing in bitcoin is not what anyone should panic about. This is because bitcoin exercise is transitioning, it's market behaviour is also too notched with volatility. Early investment allows you gather not just your bitcoin stash but also gives you the leverage to gather experience and more knowledge about bitcoin. I still wouldn't blame anyone so much about not investing as at when you think it's early enough. What a "supposed" late investor actually misses is the experience and real knowledge that comes with repeatedly doing a thing; investing in bitcoin.
Somehow, about the bitcoin price is not the real thing about not investing early because bitcoin moves to and fro always due to it's volatility. Sometimes in July last year, bitcoin was about $63k and many happily invested and we're more happy when it crossed the $100k to $109k ATH. Bitcoin being an independent entity, through it's beautiful nature of volatility" still made a reverse to almost $70k in which anyone who missed last year's good price could also invest. The problem is not about investing late, I think it's pertinent to work more on the Psyche to let anyone see reasons to invest. Everyone is entitled to their opinion about every venture and bitcoin being a purely digital/abstract asset suffers backlash due to many factors ranging from internet frauds and scam projects.
We can do best by allowing anyone understand first that bitcoin is real, and instead of focusing on how early the person invests by either making him see bitcoin investment as a get-rich-soon kind of investment which would introduce another panic seller into the system. Teach a beginner rightly instead of blackmailing anyone into believing that it's almost too late to invest in bitcoin. No Matter what the price of bitcoin t, with proper orientation, anyone would invest at any point in time.