I've had the same troubles. I only got one person to buy Bitcoin and I have a lot of friends. I pretty much gave up. But I'm going to try again soon. I had 4 or 5 people that were slightly interested. The buying barrier was the hardest part. I was able to get them over the decentralized barrier with examples from silicon valley, Linux, internet of things, and just by talking a lot about inflation and Fiat interest rates. But thanks for posting. I concur with everything you said. But Dantheman is still "the guy" haha!!