Happy Friday folks, I'd like to share something with you all, and hopefully find some clarity.

Ever since I've learned about crypto-currency and the wonders of the block-chain, it has come to my attention how little people actually know about this technology. In an effort to try and spread the word, I've come to realize that many of the people I've told about crypto, bitcoin, and the like... have all believed it too good to be true, and shun the whole idea of it.

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My question is, why?

Now, maybe I'm just bad at explaining how revolutionary this technology is, and how this form of currency is worth investing in, or at the very least researching it to learn more about it. But the few people who I've told, just fail to see its true potential. I've found that about 90% of the people I know personally have ABSOLUTELY NO IDEA WHAT BITCOIN IS! Let alone crypto-currency at all! At first I thought, its just me being terrible at explaining, but no.... I have shown these people the charts, I've shown them the facts and the articles, but still they somehow think that their money (USD) is safe, and they would rather trust their banks who keep them enslaved, than a more progressive and free market style of currency, and overall better technology.

Now, here's a collection of a few common reactions I've gotten from trying to make people aware of just how revolutionary blockchain technology is:

#1

"It sounds like a pyramid scheme! WHO PRINTS IT? WAIT WHAT DO YOU MEAN THEY MINE IT? There's no way you can just make money from nothing...!"

To this, I just let out a sigh... I try to explain the concept of mining, and circulating supply, and that there is money to be made from this, and that it is decentralized, but that just raises more questions and doubts.

#2

"What stops someone from just hacking your account and taking all your bitecoins... bitecoins right? Oh bitcoins. Ok."

Now, this I can level with; hacking is a reasonable fear to face when dealing with anything digital, but to this I say, do some research on what the block-chain is, how it works, and why it is so freaking ingenious. I don't even try to explain this to them because I would just butcher it, but all I say is do your own research.

**PRO LIFE TIP**: It's easy to HEAR someone talk about something and make it sound good, but to truly understand and form your own conclusions, you must do your own RESEARCH. And don't just read one article, or one book, or watch one video. Obtain information from a variety of sources to find what is valid and what is BS.

#3

" I don't know man. I seriously doubt this Steemit thing will be more popular than Facebook. Dude I post memes on facebook every day, theres no way Facebook is gonna die. Who cares if they can censor my stuff, all I do is post memes anyways.... Wait... You're saying I can get paid to post on Steemit. Naaaah bro you're lying. Checkout this meme tho."

I get it, who doesn't love a good meme from reddit, or a good clickbait video from youtube. But cmon, just look at how these sites are slowly and not-so discretely censoring their users! Steemit is where it's at, its in Beta and I already enjoy it more than Facebook and Twitter. (It's close to being better than reddit in my opinion, it just needs more good meme pages, who doesn't love a good meme).

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So what's the point of this post, what am I trying to accomplish?

I'm sorry if this post is longer than you care to read, but my whole point is literally in the title. WHY? I don't get it. Has anyone else experienced such scenarios as I've described above? And if so, please share the experience and why you think people are so naive and rejecting of these innovative technologies. If you are reading this, you obviously see the value in Steemit and other block-chain utilization, what made you see the value in it all? I hope that in time, people will see the value behind such systems, but only time will tell. So what do you think? I'd love to get a larger scope of people's views and possibly a discussion.

THANKS FOR READING

Stay Awesome
-Zey