We all know what Satoshi really intended, just like fiat money, Bitcoin wasn’t made for scams.
It all comes down to how people use it. Some use it the right way, some don’t. At the end of the day, Bitcoin is just a tool, a medium of exchange meant to stay, because it brings decentralization and promotes transparency.

That’s also why we have law enforcers to crack down on illegal activity. It helps reduce crime and pushes Bitcoin toward what it was really meant for.
Right now, we can still enjoy the privacy and freedom it offers but not exactly the way we imagined. That’s the reality of regulation, and honestly, it’s something we can’t ignore.

Who would scam people for Bitcoin?  In the early years, Bitcoin had almost no value and scams were rampant everywhere even before Bitcoin was created there were already millions of victims of this so-called scam.

Scammers are doing their thing for money, not because of Bitcoin.  And even during the propagation time of Bitcoin awareness, Bitcoin is only used as a tool to scam people for money but that was their mistake.  Bitcoin is too transparent for these scammers to use and hide, reason why there are less and less people who conduct scam using Bitcoin because they can be traced. 


Only those who are uninformed about Bitcoin features can think Bitcoin was aboard in performing fraud. But once they get to know what Bitcoin is, this biased thinking is corrected.



In its early years when people are not familiar with Bitcoin, there are lots of Ponz Scheme companies that used Bitcoin as a tool to attract investors and steal their money.  In my country alone there are several scam company agents that contacted me, inviting me to invest in ther scheme.  I am glad that I already have the knowledge and aware of these scam scheme and declined their offer.

As time passes by, and people are getting aware of the features of Bitcoin and know that it has no central authorities, scam companies that used to take advantage of the naivety of investors are now shunned and avoided.

LOL, Bitcoin doesn’t stand a chance... but the real problem with fiat money is that most of the dirty stuff happens in cash, no paper trail, or if there is, it's hard to track. Unlike Bitcoin transactions where everything is visible on the blockchain. Anyone with the right skills can trace where the money is coming from and where it’s going.

Bitcoin is a public blockchain, and it has never been a private blockchain like Monero. Technically, people can use bitcoin better if they know about importance of non custodial wallet, UTXO selection for their transactions as well as Bitcoin full node and Tor when broadcasting their transactions to Bitcoin mempools and what for confirmation from Bitcoin miners.

What do they need?
Research and learn, that are not related to whether they are average users or advanced users. It starts with whether they care of privacy or not, as if their concern is about privacy, they will do research and learn to use Bircoin block chain for better privacy.

The fiat tracks are usually hidden well enough behind the bureaucracy, whereas BTC tracks cannot be hidden. Surely, there may be operations to hide the tracks to some degree, but overall, it's much easier for people to blame crypto and BTC than to think wider and see the reality that is literally in front of them.

When you can't fight it - you discredit its reputation, that's how it is, with BTC or something else new to the world.

The government and some financial institutions are not comfortable with the growing influence of Bitcoin.  Which is why they started several campaigns to discredit Bitcoin.  They came up with lies like Bitcoin destroys the environment and it is mainly used by criminals. In my few years of following news about crime in my country, I have never heard that Bitcoin was used for criminal activity. 

These criminals know that they might not be able to hide their tracks unless they use some privacy tools. They are aware that cash is difficult to track, hence they prefer using it.

I also think that the public has become aware of these lies which has made these critics reduce the promotion of these lies. 

Yea, it is what it is and that fact is that they just don't want bitcoin to survive and that's the reason behind the different interpretation they give it in relation to when scammers uses bitcoin to scam people compared to when same scammers uses others tools to scam people. For example, AI tool is been used to scam unsuspecting public but that wasn't the idea behind the creation of Ai as a tech tool, yet they don't condemn it as anything that is been used for scam but they promote the positive sides of it the more. Succinctly put, what they can't destroy, they just look for other means to paint it as bad to scare off adoption.

Scam has been existing since a long time and its existence did not start in 2009 with Bitcoin Genesis Block. Scammers can use many things to scam if they see those things can help to increase potential success of their scam attempts. Inside the blockchain industry and cryptocurrency ecosystem, we can easily see that scams exist anywhere, and after Bitcoin there are many altcoins used by scammers.

Education is important and can help many people to become more knowledgeable and better prepared for scam attacks. Firstly, as potential victims of scammers, if they have better knowledge in general and about scam methods in particular, they will less likely fall to scams. Secondly, if people are better educated, they can not only have knowledge but also better morality that can play important role as backbone of their activities and when they assess and take action morally, they will less likely do scam attempts.