What was your friends' or family's reaction towards Bitcoin?
By Kattleya
@Kattleya (147)
Philippines
August 29, 2017 1:02am CST
When I got to know about bitcoin, I immediately introduced it to family and friends. My friends were very eager to know more about it. They were very positive and started their own research. They tried faucets, trading, and even gambling. 
My family was the total opposite. They were terrible negative about it. They kept insisting that it is the currency of the dark web and they did not want to have anything to do with it. They said it was illegal. 
How about your family and friends? What were their thoughts on it? 
My family was the total opposite. They were terrible negative about it. They kept insisting that it is the currency of the dark web and they did not want to have anything to do with it. They said it was illegal.
How about your family and friends? What were their thoughts on it? 7 people like this
10 responses
@moonchild117 (1987)
• Philippines
29 Aug 17
I haven't really told about it to my family, but I'm pretty sure they'd be skeptical about it, too.
I'm still learning about bitcoin, I'm actually interested in it since I heard it's one of the ways you can get paid online, but I'm in the dark up to now about it.
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@louievill (28851)
• Philippines
29 Aug 17
Admitting you do not know is the first step to learning
. Others would simply dismiss it as scam without lifting a finger to learn, so good for you.
. Others would simply dismiss it as scam without lifting a finger to learn, so good for you.3 people like this
@louievill (28851)
• Philippines
29 Aug 17
Everybody says yes to what I do because they trust me even if at first they dont know anything about it. Now my teen age daughter helps me in the computer and my wife deposits a few pesos daily at a 7-11 shop for our savings in pesos and bitcoins. Even my 85 year old mother now asks me the price of btc from time to time
even if at first they dont know anything about it. Now my teen age daughter helps me in the computer and my wife deposits a few pesos daily at a 7-11 shop for our savings in pesos and bitcoins. Even my 85 year old mother now asks me the price of btc from time to time1 person likes this
@louievill (28851)
• Philippines
29 Aug 17
@Kattleya i was already bitcoining when it was only less than 400 dollars per btc, my mother had a harder time grasping the idea of why and how computer codes being solved and mined becomes money.
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@Kattleya (147)
• Philippines
29 Aug 17
@louievill Lucky you! I was already introduced to it at that time and I didn't really care about it. I was just content on getting payments, but never held it. 
This year I'm starting all over again with my Bitcoin savings. 
This year I'm starting all over again with my Bitcoin savings. 
@resukill22 (25052)
• Las Pinas City, Philippines
29 Aug 17
They just ask me if it is good? And if I earn a big money? That's only
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@resukill22 (25052)
• Las Pinas City, Philippines
29 Aug 17
@Kattleya I'm not answer there question! I just smile of them!
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@JeeyanDee (2692)
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29 Aug 17
It's hard for the older generation to understand these innovations, they barely use their smartphones properly, what more grasping the idea of a money in the internet right? The good thing with me is, my dad introduced the idea to me because he invested in trading, and now, quite a few in my family does. I think it's a matter of properly explaining and the open-mindedness of the person being explained to. Why would big banks and companies all over the world invest if they know that they wouldn't be getting big profits from it right?
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@JeeyanDee (2692)
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30 Aug 17
@Kattleya Well thank you! That statement was based on my experience by the way. Hahaha
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@Kattleya (147)
• Philippines
31 Aug 17
@JeeyanDee I can so relate with that statement. Based on experience too... lol!
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@mukibrahim (15)
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29 Aug 17
new things are very intimidating to people . same reaction but different thing.
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