It's pretty normal for sure people to think this way, there are a lot of people who lose a huge amount of investment in Bitcoin especially if they invested at the wrong timing, like the last Bullrun the all-time high was around 70k$ when the market drops a huge amount the Bullrun ended drop to 5k$ something like that, your probably gonna lose a lot of money on that, due to FOMO congratulation you just lose a huge amount of your money, they panic sell at that market price. I mean if you just don't have enough knowledge on Bitcoin and are still a newbie on the market you surely gonna think that this is a scam. Not to mention the structure of Bitcoin could easily be a huge scheme where people could get scammed, I mean if the creator of Bitcoin is still alive he could easily drop the market because he simply has a huge amount of Bitcoin that he could use to manipulate the market. If you're going to think about it, it was obviously similar to pyramid schemes out there.

Even though Bitcoin doesnt have some kind of backup and the market price just depends on supply and demand, It surely proves itself to be a great investment, decentralization is probably the best thing that it has in my opinion, compared to fiat money that is being controlled by the government, Bitcoin surely has a lot of advantage compared to it, I mean what was really the point of fiat money, we are working every day for money, fiat money that has an unlimited supply, where the government could print money freely whenever they want to, and then saying about inflation? The truth here is we are slaves of the government because of the fiat money, Bitcoin is going to be our savior when it comes to fiat.

Taxes?
You want to avoid taxes? Borrow money. Use debt. Well, that's what Kiyosaki is doing that's why he's not paying any taxes, so does other rich businessmen in the US. Many average people are angry at them because the rich aren't paying taxes while they are.

Bitcoin itself isn't a scam, but Bitcoin is a tool that's being used by scammers to scam newbie investors.

Let's face it, as much as we've seen Bitcoin going up in price these past few years, there will still be people who will think that Bitcoin is a scam probably because they got scammed maybe through an investment that these scammers are offering or whatever it is. Let the people think what they want because at the end of the day, we can't control what they think. Instead of focusing on them, just focus on yourself, and your investment. Focus on grow, and don't focus on them. We will not benefit from them.

Let's do our thing, and let them do their thing. They think Bitcoin is a scam? So be it. We don't care.

It is not funny to me because some people you see viewing Bitcoin as a scam project did not just do that because they are not knowledgeable about it. Most people have full knowledge about bitcoin, but what makes them see it as a scam is their past experience with bitcoin. Some of them bought it at a high price and then later sold it to lose money, so this is what poisoned their minds, and till date some will not come back to bitcoin investment, so you won't blame anyone. The fact that investing in bitcoin is not compulsory makes it a choice for anyone who wishes to do that.

However, if you say someone who thinks bitcoin is a scam is still a slave to fiat currency, what will I call you? because I know that you are also using the same fiat currency as those people are using because you won't tell me that you buy or sell using Bitcoin, so should I call you a slave to fiat because you are using it? Understand that investing in bitcoin doesn't mean you have already learned anything about it because you are also not performing the main function for which the currency was created.

When you start using it as a means of payment in a locality or country, that is when you should see other people as slaves to fiat currency because you are using the easiest way of transacting without any third party getting involved, so leave those who still believe that bitcoin is a scam to do that if you cannot educate them about it because it may be because of past experience or because they have yet to know about it. 

many people have their own Theory and their own understanding towards cryptocurrency especially bitcoin existence so saying that Bitcoin is a scam their own belief that bitcoin is a scam why bitcoin has gain more ground so I believe that those people who come up with such conception of theory does not really know what bitcoin is all about because across all the nation about 50% of them have noticed what is Bitcoin and know the credibility in Bitcoin, so therefore I believe that bitcoin does not engage in scam any longer and there's no time Bitcoin has been a scam it is people mentality and their understanding towards Bitcoin that give them such a narrative that bitcoin is a scam so anyone who don't want to adopt Bitcoin it is a personal decision and the personal understanding of digital currency and decentralized currency as bitcoin is.

That is why someone who is new in Bitcoin have to study the tradition of Bitcoin before the person invest in Bitcoin bitcoin does not have a constant growth, it rise and also fall in value, so whoever that purchase a bitcoin when the price is high and letter the price of Bitcoin decreases in value that is not a scam because the market of Bitcoin is not a market of a constant Rising it rise and  Fall has been the nature of Bitcoin, it will be decreasing and also increasing so people who want to venture into Bitcoin have to advocate time to read and the understand the procedures of Bitcoin before the invest in Bitcoin because when you invest in Bitcoin without having the real concept of Bitcoin and on the process the market decreases you will think about bitcoin is a scam why that is the method of Bitcoin for long time starting from the day it was introduced.

this point you make is one of the major reasons why some people distrust Bitcoin because they fell to make a proper investigation concerning Bitcoin before them justify it, a normal circumstances and the technologies of Bitcoin it does not have a constant Flux of increment in the market neither the price decreases or the price increases in the market that has been the systems of Bitcoin so when you are not familiar with the system you will think that bitcoin is a scam when you have not make your own search to understand how the systems of Bitcoin works before you venture into it.

we cannot compare bitcoin and the Fiat currency because when you come in terms of the security measure in Fiat currency and they also in Bitcoin you will see that both of them differs because in Bitcoin you don't have a third party who hold your bitcoin for you you will be the one that is in charge of your Bitcoin why in fact currency banking system will be the one that is in charge of your fiat in the bank, so when you are having Bitcoin you have a rest of mind only thing that affect bitcoin is that the price is not constant you can see bitcoin price high today and later the price decreases, and another thing is the price loss a value while the price of fiat currency doesn't lose value, that is only different between fiat currency and bitcoin as digital currency, bitcoin is a boss of its own nobody controlled it except the Market, you will only hold your coin by yourself.

Nobody cares about what they think and they may term it as scam, ponzi scheme, pyramid scheme or even illegal stuff just to discourage people from adopting Bitcoin but they have failed in the past and they will be failing in the future as well. They may use all the propaganda tools they can but it's pretty clear what is Bitcoin and how it's used so it's not gonna affect the community except some newbie and those who have lost huge sum after investing during peak as emotions take over the logical thinking at such situations.

I am not sure about how others consider it it's still the decentralized P2P transfer medium for me without any third party involvement and it can be used as investment as well (which majority of us do though it was not meant to be an investment medium as it was more of financial freedom).

BTC's 'initiative' is not what you have just said above, BTC has always been a decentralized and censorship resistant currency, and that is what Satoshi created it to be, as a p2p electronic cash, it had nothing to do with profit as you say it. BTC is not a scam because it is an open source project, and everyone can verify everything themselves and understand how it works. BTC is a tool that people can use to scam, just like every other tool, but it is not a scam in itself.
El Salvador is the only country that has adopted BTC as a legal tender.

I still remember the initial days when I first came to know about Bitcoin, it wasn't priced very high, was probably below $1,000, and people all over the world, specifically the international media tried their best to show it in the bad light and make it look like something that should be illegal and shouldn't be adopted or accepted by massed, but as you mentioned, they failed very badly in that and look at where Bitcoin is today.



It is an investment asset because it generates profit. Whether satoshi created Bitcoin to become an investment asset or not, people saw potential profit in it because of its volatile nature and increasing demand and here we are, investing and earning money from it while it can still be used for the primary purpose it was created.

Am really happy for this comment, you did reply so well. Anyone that thinks Bitcoin is a scam should start being a slave to fiat like the OP already stated, Bitcoin is not a scam but people doesn't understand what Bitcoin is and that is the main reasons why they think that Bitcoin is a scam. If Bitcoin is a scam it wouldn't have been were it is today. The man that invented Bitcoin just made it very different from fiat banking systems. Bitcoin is decentralized and that's the main reason why it can't be controlled by any body, so when they are saying Bitcoin is a scam I don't blame them because they don't understand all this things we are saying here. They thinks that Bitcoin is a scam because some people give scammers a chance to scam them their Bitcoin, I have also seen were a scammer scammed someone and collected his fait currency,  which means fiat is also a scam

Good point out mate!

I think lots of people associate bitcoin to those projects who
rugpull. I have heard lots of people fall victim to new projects
and then they give their money they receive a few profit
and then suddenly the developers will run. The thing about bitcoin
is that even though technically the creator of it is nowhere to be found
it is still functioning perfectly and exceptionally well may I add.

The people who do not want to adapt bitcoin are just heavily misinformed.
There is nothing much we can do about this but give them the proper
knowledge. Maybe they think that bitcoin is too good to be true but
that is why we should tell them that there are still risks so as to not
paint the picture of a too good to be true kind of project because it is not