Well, true, but then again, cryptocurrency is quite literally the future and for people like me who just don't get it, we have to put up or shut up. We have to put the time in or we're gonna fall behind. The same could be said for social media. The time of just liking and sharing is probably going through a very slow death.
Maybe 'some years' is putting it lightly though, you're right
The average person still has no idea what a Bitcoin is. I mean when I tell girls what I do.. they think it's related to like stealing or they're honestly confused what a "cryptocurrency" is. Nevermind the grannies on the street ;p
Bitcoin and especially mt.gox and silk road has put a bad name to it and its innovation.
I think without the darknet markets, the prices of cryptocurrencies wouldn't be where they are right now. For years Bitcoin was used while few knew about it. When Alphabay put up Monero and Zcash and similar onto its marketplaces, boom, the prices rose. Of course these aren't GIANT details, but it's enough to have a decent sized impact on the market. I agree wholeheartedly that BTC has a bad reputation on it though due to it, Mt. Gox, Cryptsy, etc. The only thing we can do? Keep going further and spreading the knowledge as much as we can. People will eventually become more open to it anyways
Well yeah. I'm basically one of those girls too. But We say this stuff about the phone and the internet when they're new too. This things tend to have an exponential curve about them. I guess we'll see!