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20 sats \ 4 replies \ @SimpleStacker 18 Aug \ on: What's the best and simplest way to promote Bitcoin? AskSN
Personally I think what works best is simply to explain what bitcoin is and why you're excited about it. No need to try to get people to buy or anything.
My go to starting line when people ask me about bitcoin is: "Bitcoin is basically a decentralized ledger book of transactions, that no one controls, everyone can write to, and yet somehow everyone trusts. We've never had anything like that before"
Usually the conversation turns to "why is that important?" Or "how does bitcoin do that?" If it's the former you can talk about the problems with fiat, if it's the latter you can explain proof of work
When I've someone to talk to, I almost do the same. What I've asked above is how can I promote it, like the promotion or adverts are done these days. I want more people should come asking to me "What is Bitcoin?"
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Ah, that's harder, since you don't want to be too pushy.
One option is to wear bitcoin gear or put bitcoin stickers on your stuff, naturally inviting people to ask.
I don't do that though because I don't really want to advertise myself as a bitcoiner.
I sometimes bring bitcoin up in conversation, especially if people complain about inflation, house prices, etc.
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One option is to wear bitcoin gear or put bitcoin stickers on your stuff, naturally inviting people to ask.
I think I should start trying it. The better approach would be to see how this goes.
I'm from India and 100s of million here still live in villages and are not so much into tech. If we want them to attract to something, we need to get it to them.
One reason I wanna do it because most people here don't know that "Bitcoin" exists, a some know that it does, and only a few know what it is.
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This is a good strategy. You can't convert someone in just one conversation.
You need to show them and impress upon them that fiat money and governments are bad, otherwise they'll never accept Bitcoin as money. The approach of buying and selling is good and catches on with a lot of people, including myself after much insistence, but few will study it and fall deep into the rabbit hole to see that Bitcoin will only be successful if it's used as money.
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