I don't think I had any bitcoiners in my life to explain bitcoin to me.  But people were asking me about it, and my brother in law was thinking about buying it, so I decided to look into it myself, and came across the white paper

this is interesting to me, because i did not really find much use in reading it until after I had already used bitcoin a lot. then reading it became more interesting.

capaneus_the_blasphemer

I don't usually, unless I feel like they're the kind who would appreciate it.

 read it, and it was actually through reading it that I became convinced that Bitcoin is the real deal.

AskSN

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bitcoin_beginners

Do you tell people to "read the whitepaper"?

I don't usually, unless I feel like they're the kind who would appreciate it.  

But I do tell them that *I* read it, and it was actually through reading it that I became convinced that Bitcoin is the real deal.