People Will Not Use Bitcoin Because You Give it to Them (And That’s OK)

Mark Helfman
The Startup
Published in
6 min readJan 17, 2020

Cartoon book holding two bitcoins.
Professor book with his two bitcoins. Used with permission. Credit: Mariana Anatoneag

You’ve probably noticed a meme that’s gone around the cryptosphere for the last few years.

Basically, it’s “give somebody bitcoin and they’ll realize how good it is.” Lolli does this and many people think it will get the mainstream to use bitcoin.

Mark Helfman
The Startup

Sharing insights about bitcoin, altcoins, blockchain so you can make the most of the cryptocurrency market. Not JUST about money. Bio: https://rb.gy/ebxeeu