Where it becomes more annoying is when they give you that listening ears show so much attention like they're really ready, after saying all these things to them, giving them all the guidelines they need and the next thing you hear from them in the coming days is that someone scammed them of a huge amount, and they'll blame it on you, the thing there is that after telling them everything about Bitcoin, when you expect them to come to you for the real deal you hear them going behind you to trade or buy Bitcoin to get started. Humans are just hard to control.

Some people think that bitcoin is a scam as a result of their frequent encounters with fraudulent activities using bitcoin, and sometimes, bitcoin platforms.  No matter how genuine bitcoin as a currency is, frequent encounters of scam with it or its platforms  can change people's mind to consider it as a total scam without distinguishing between bitcoin and scam, but that is not appropriate.  For example,  for the fact that pound or dollar is a genuine currency, does not mean that scammers can not use them for scam, likewise bitcoin.

This is an oversimplification of how people gather and process information. Kids don't know what Bitcoin is about, but they do know that it exists. Misinformation is definitely an issue and the same way that people are misinformed or disinformed about wars, the same it is for technologies that threaten the legacy institutions. Bank have tried hard for so long to slow down Bitcoin's progress for a reason. They didn't do that because they didn't understand. In fact I believe most of them did understand what it is about and how it can change or shape the world. But they needed time to prepare for that and that is the reason why they suppressed any progress through spreading wrong information whenever and wherever they could. Those who were skeptical about Bitcoin consumed that information and built their own opinion based upon information spread by people or institutions they trust. And believe me, a lot of people still trust their banks without ever daring to look what's happening behind the curtains.

Most people don't even get the concept of money (and it is complicated). Since Bitcoin is more than money, how would those who don't get what money is then get what Bitcoin is?

Because you have been scammed by bitcoin multiple times before, that doesn't mean you should tag it as a scam. All you have to do is do more research about bitcoin, discover why you are being scammed, and learn how to protect yourself from scammers. Some people are looking for quick money, which is why they end up getting scammed. A lot of people have been scammed multiple times with fiat currency, so why is fiat currency not tagged as a scam? Why is it that people keep on using fiat currency? If you don't know about something, don't just tag it as a scam, try and do more research about it first before concluding.

Scammers are always trying to make use of any opportunity they have to scam people. Bitcoin is a currency, so we expect scammers to make use of it just the same way they are making use of fiat currency. All we should do is try and look for possible ways to protect ourselves from scammers. Every currency is being used by scammers, and just because scammers are making use of a particular currency doesn't mean we should stop using it.

It's just annoying when I see people saying bitcoin is being used by scammers. Those people don't have anything to say against bitcoin. That's why they do end up coming with things like that, because I don't see that excuse as a reasonable one to me. They are just looking for fault in bitcoin. Since they can't get it, they decided to start using bitcoin as a scam excuse.

Some of these people don't even have any experience with anybody in terms of being scammed, they only work on their ignorance, they only hear stories of Bitcoin being used to scammed people or one story related to Bitcoin in a negative way.
These are the same people that need to be taught the in and out of cryptocurrency, 85% would learn while the rest would still live on fake information they have about Bitcoin.
They prefer to be scammed using paper money than Bitcoin, that's because they can see it, they can hold it and feel it (that's paper money) so that way to scam them is some how higher than using Bitcoin, only if Bitcoin is like fiat money I believe people would gain interest and see it as something genuine rather than seeing it as a scam.

Indeed, Bitcoin misinformation underscores a larger digital age challenge: separating fact from fiction. Bitcoin was initially misunderstood. Rumours travel rapidly, often unchecked. We're smarter thanks to the internet and a global community of informed people. CBDCs could overshadow Bitcoin plays on a familiar fear: old vs new, centralized against decentralized.

However, Bitcoin's decentralization is a strength. CBDCs are a major leap in digital currency, yet they lack Bitcoin's decentralization. Both can coexist, serving different purposes and beliefs.

Generally, that was their view based on the rumors and scam news they'd heard, and some based on their experience. We can't deny the fact that scams are everywhere and they use the name Bitcoin to trick innocent individuals who really don't have any idea about it by promising big that exactly changes their mind.
We can accept the fact that news is too influential, we usually think that everything we read online is true but many of them are false. They really need some guidance to make it fully understand otherwise, they will think that they are right and we are wrong.

This is where a proper trading and money management system comes into play to gain profits .

Well, this depends on our perspective too. For those who have read what BTC is and what it is for, it will be very easy to understand, it's just that some people still like to read stupid news that criticizes BTC, for example news about the last big correction is always fried by the media.

You don't have to blame those people because they thinking from that dimension because of what has happened to them before. And really those Ponzi Schemes have done something really bad to people in the internet so when the genuine ones came out people will be thinking that it is one those Ponzi Schemes. So when people think from that angle I don't normally blame them but instead I have to educate them about bitcoin. And when I tell about the benefits then I will complete or conclude it with the disadvantages so that they will be mislead.

The misinformation in sometimes is coming from those who are not well knowledgeable on bitcoin. Those who are well granted with bitcoin knowledge always know what to tell people when they are called upon. Many are still ignorant of the blockchain because they have not gotten the real information. There was a day a PhD holder asked me about bitcoin and he was asking what bitcoin can be used for and told the different things bitcoin can be used. And the simple way I told was, bitcoin can be used to buy things online, to pay goods and services, and transfer from one person to another as p2p. And after everything he was satisfied. And I left him.