Good observation! But not everyone does have the time to learn... And not everyone is a technical person yet they want in on bitcoin because of FOMO. But only time will tell how this all plays out

Right said. Because of Bitcoin popularity, a lots of people come to use Bitcoin. But they don't have proper knowledge about Bitcoin. They come on cryptocurrency by knowing other. But they don't study about Bitcoin and cryptocurrency. That's why we face the problem.

Couldn't agree with you more. Bitcoin holders back then really knew quite a lot about bitcoins than most of the people today. Because a lot are only into bitcoining because of the profit they expect to get. Amd simply because, they just want to be in the new trend and not get left behind.

Kniwing human nature, this was already bound to haopen ever since. Because people will always take advantage of everything they can for as long as it is good for them. Some don't even bother to stop taking advantage unless things get ugly. That's just how things work in this world.

Inevitably those people with a real passion for bitcoin are likely to have been the early adopters and many now who discover bitcoin are merely doing so because the several reports of new all time highs, however it does not mean that they cannot one day grow to have the same level of knowledge and passion for cryptos.

I don't think it is necessarily a bad thing that people hear about the concept of cryptocurrency via mass media and decide to come onboard. For most, bitcoin is something you simply invest in, like stocks, or dollars. You don't have to know every single detail, like nodes and miners and whatnot. All this is pretty much a non-factor for the layman.

TBH, it's kinda difficult to fully understand Bitcoin and its technology, and the fact that it works perfectly to "easily" profit on makes it attractive to the casual user.

I have knowledge of bitcoin since 2012, and I didn't buy my first 0.03 bitcoins 'till 2016. I know it sucks big dragon balls, but whatever. Now I'm not only profiting on it, but getting myself more into blockchain, altcoins, and other tech-related stuffs, so I'm on my way from being a casual user to a quality user.

Surely, more people will do the same, given proper time.

i knew about bitcoin in 2013, didn't care about it at all.


jump forward to early 2017, learned bout it (still learning, kinda late, i know), and i see now people are treating it like some kind of investment, not crypto currency.
i myself still using it as a payment method.

Of course this is the case.  People here might not be old enough to remember the big
comic book boom of the early 90s.  Speculators (not collectors) bought tons of comics
with the hope of putting their spoiled brat kids through college with all the money they
were going to make.  Didn't happen.  But this happens during every bubble, new people
who have no interest in X start buying up X and driving the price of X up to record
highs.  And yep, that's happening with crypto right now.

Just as bitcoin grows the same number of new users are gaining more experience every day. This is a very good phenomenon because the more people who know about things the better for the market and the future trade.

I am one of the non quality Bitcoin users actualy, but I want to learn and support ohers.
But due to the actual discussions in the news and in private chats with friends the BTC Community is getting bigger and bigger.
Which means, that many new users join and only want to read, get informtion how to get rich fast or other  "non-quality" activity.
If the big Hype is over, it will be better again and only the real interested person will stay and comment. This time is actual far away.

A question for the community, what is the definition of a quality Bitcoin user?
Technical or Economical education or big knowledge or with interest in Bitcoin and all things around BTC or another definition?
If this Site will be overrun by many "newbies" like myself, it could be an idea of seperate the Forum in two Forum.
Have seen it at another Theme. First Forum you can join and discuss or spam a bit (not too much) or be only there for fun.
After a fixed amount of time you can request a membership for the other Forum and the Mods and Admin will check your posts and decide about accept or decline it.
Works only with experts in both parts, but could be interest to get new members and hold a quality level on the other side in the Main Forum.

One of the bad things actual for me, or the worst thing:
After one Minute, you have 6-10 sides of "unread posts since last visit" and it is impossible to check all for import new posts.
I know it and check my standard discussion theme boards one after another.Only one or two times a day I check for unread posts to see, if there is something interesting.