Explaining the benefits Cryptocurrency is like getting a child to eat vegetables

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I got back home over the holidays and had to spend some time explaining Cryptocurrency to my family. See, most of them side with Jamie Dimon and believe that Bitcoin or Cryptocurrency for that matter is a scam and they are concerned that if it comes crashing down, it would wipe my finances with it. While I try to explain how it is beneficial to them, most of them think that it is an unsustainable and intangible system. They even thought that Steemit was a Ponzi scheme at some point.

Despite much effort trying to explain to them, I find that most people when they hear about Cryptocurrencies in general are like little children who refuse to eat vegetables. Don't get me wrong, most of these people are either my family or friends and I love them. However, sometimes it is just not easy to have a good discussion with them when bias is involved. Much like a child.

Children

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First off, I refer to children in not a condescending manner. I have children of my own and I love them to bits but have you ever tried getting a 3 year old to try greens? Any vegetable, as long as it is green or if they even hear the mention of the dreaded V-word, they will immediately reject it. I once tried to use some pasta sauce to cover up the vegetables and my child took a look and asked what was it? I promptly responded that it was crunchy salad. My child then took a look and took a bite and said 'I loved it!'

That crunchy salad was celery and just the day before, my child was fighting to not have to eat it. The dramatic change of heart is of course, marketing. Market a certain vegetable well enough and they will not suspect a thing. The same goes for explaining about Cryptocurrency to those who are against it. I do believe there have been much bad marketing going on calling Bitcoin and the likes of it the next Tulip mania.

While I can explain the benefits of a decentralized monetary system, I suppose just like convincing a child to eat it, it takes good marketing, patience and a whole lot of convincing. Of course, seeing the results of one's work also helps. In this case when they see the returns or all the news of Bitcoin going parabolic in the news.

Vegetables

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Vegetables can be extremely difficult to sell to children. They do not exactly taste great and they are very easily identified. Unless of course you cover the vegetables in cheese or batter for deep frying. Of course doing so would make it a very yummy but less healthy option. Furthermore, the results are not immediate, the child would often not see the effects of not eating vegetables until it is too late.

Like Cryptocurrency, I suppose the only way to know for sure which is going to succeed or fail is through a crystal ball. In addition, it is not exactly something that can be easily sold to everyone, especially since that it is something tangible. Furthermore, with the very negative media from governments, it makes convincing others on Cryptocurrency all the more difficult.

However, I do believe all of us who believe in the Blockchain technology, Steemit and its future are the ones who have taken our vegetables. Who knows? We may end up being that healthy kid in the classroom as compared to the weak looking one who did not have his vegetables in Cryptocurrency.

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