I often get messages these days with people asking me why I didn't push bitcoin harder with them and forced them to buy, but as I tell them, it was never my intention to force someone to buy. I speak very highly of bitcoin and other cryptos, but I have only told someone to buy once in my entire life and it happened to be at the Mt. Gox bubble. My dad bought in at $700 and watched as the price fell and we entered a two year bear market.
My dad never sold and you may say that things all worked out for the best, but for a long time there, it looked like bitcoin was going to go much lower. In hindsight these things are easy to point out, but as they say, hindsight is 20/20. My dad didnt invest much, but I still felt bad that I had pushed an investment on him where he ultimately had become a bagholder for some time. He thanks me now, but added to the stress of my investment going down, it wasnt worth it.
So when people ask me why I didnt push harder and tell them they were wrong when they said bitcoin was a ponzi, I often tell them I couldnt have changed their mind anyway. Bitcoin changes minds over time, not even by iteself, but often by systems that make it clear how the bitcoin is a benefit. People in countries like Cyprus might have thought bitcoin was stupid, until their government went bankrupt and took money straight out of the hands of their people's bank accounts. Time changes perspectives.
In many ways crytpo is also a sort of religion and I am also a believer in not pushing religions either. People can believe what they want to believe, if the product is good enough, I shouldnt have to sell it to you, in time there will be people who realize it. I think that might be where we are today with many institutional investors seeing bitcoin as a potential store of value that rivals gold. Let the benefit speak for itself and if you want to tell people about the benefits, but dont force it down their throat.
Chances are if you pitch it super hard anyway they will think it is a scam and avoid it. Put the idea out there, let them explore more if they are interested and do what you believe in. You dont have to force people to buy, they will come when the time is right and they are ready. Then they will hopefully have read more and come understanding the current and potential future use cases.
-Calaber24p