When recommending a technology or innovation, such as Bitcoin, to somebody who is not familiar with the system, it is pertinent that you take out your time to see through their zeal and passion to learn about it first because that is the first conviction that would assure and guarantee your recommendations for them. If that zeal is there, then you can say you would not face any challenge, but if not you definitely will if you do not properly inform them the good, the bad, and the ugly aspects of it, so they know beforehand what they are into, so that anything that happens in the future, you would not be held responsible for it as it is their responsibility to take for whatever they encounter. At least doing it this way would keep you safe from any future escalations from them.

Well for me I can't really recommend it to anyone. The situation here isn't that favorable towards crypto. My country still hasn't lifted its ban on the use of crypto, and i don't wanna get into trouble for that. Despite the ban, we have a large userbase of crypto users, literally everyone from younger generations is somehow involved with it, through airdrop, bounty, cex, and so on. But personally, I'm trying not to create much noise about my involvement, don't wanna attract uninvited guests. Some of my friends already know, but I haven't really had that light of encouragement to actually teach or inform them about this. I don't want to be blamed for something I recommended.

Lastly I don't know if anyone already said this, but I believe in "Don't put all your eggs in one basket". I don't have much anyway, but if I had, I'll probably do this.

On the one hand, you’re right to choose to stay discreet, even with your friends. I have almost the same approach, if no one asks me about Bitcoin or for advice first, I never bring it up myself, just to avoid drawing unnecessary attention. But if a conversation about it does come up with one of my friends, I would only recommend buying Bitcoin, because that’s exactly what I’ve been doing for several years now. And honestly, I’m even glad that I don’t hold any altcoins.

Absolutely,  one can be successful and knowledgeable due to the awareness they have, which are very important or essential keys that one needs to have or exhibit when it comes to Bitcoin, because they will help and support them in making their journey easier for them to scale through, especially patience, which people should really be aware of it and cultivate on their investment because it takes one who is patience to be able to stand firm, due to how volatile the market is, so that they won't go astray or make any decision out of panic or fear of losing everything.

If you want to introduce someone to Bitcoin let's say you want to introduce your family member or your friend to Bitcoin, you need to make him or her understand that bitcoin is not something that gives profit very fast it takes a long time for you to actually make money in Bitcoin the reason why you should tell him or her this is because some people believe that as soon as you invest in Bitcoin you will start making money immediately which is not true so you need to let them know that bitcoin takes a very long time for you to see profit when you are investing in it except you are a trader and even if you are trading Bitcoin you still need to be patient if you are not patient as a bitcoin trader you will lose a lot of money, this is the first thing I will make sure that they understand before they can go into bitcoin investment.
The second thing I will make sure that they understand is that if they are investing in Bitcoin they need to invest using only there discretionary income.

Crypto is created to keep your assets in your own custody, there is no point in talking about intermediaries or self-custody. If a third party is needed, then there is no point in talking about decentralized protocols, self-custody.

If Bitcoin's volatility requires brokers to invest in it, then I think they should invest in some other asset because investing in Bitcoin is high risk. Digital currency or crypto currency cannot be controlled by any brokers.

1) The Understanding of Risk and Rewards:  Most folks only hear about the profits that people got from holding Bitcoin...And so it is important that they understand that their are also risk too... And just coz folks benefitted a lot from Bitcoin in the past dosen't mean the same may occur in the future, that more reason why folks should only make their investments with the part/or amount of money that they can very well afford to let go/ or lose...

2) Their Mentality/ or Timeframe: Someone who isn't so experienced about Bitcoin and their concern is about quick/short profit, and then brings in that mentality into Bitcoin, he could make poor choices considering the volatile nature of Bitcoin. That is why one's focus should be pinned on a longer timeframe, so that they could very well learn what there is to learn about Bitcoin while also having chance to accumulate..

3) Their Reason for Investing: If you will all agree with me then you will know that Profits isn't the only benefit that Bitcoin tends to offer, there a whole lot of other benefits such as private/ or financial transactions across boarders, decentralization, Control over your asset and whatnot.. And so before recommending Bitcoin to anyone, you yourself shouldn't only be driven by profits...Infact I think that if folks major reason for accumulating Bitcoin is profits then they may be force to make some very bad decisions like trying to time the volatile market...

4) Storage and Security- Not your key, Not your coinz.... That the more reason for self custody.Folks should understand that exchanges are just like most of our central bank this is coz exchanges are within the control of the government or even the institutions itself.. I could remember when Binance was have some kind of challenges with the Nigerian Government, whereby the FGN(Federal Government of Nigeria) accused Binance of being the sole contributor to our currency devaluation, and this lead to a kind of ban and during that period most folks who had their coins in that exchange where given deadline to withdraw or convert blah blah blah... All of these shows us that exchanges are not really to be trusted for long term storage that's why self custody always remains the best..

5) Mental Readiness: Volatility will always be an inescapable part of Bitcoin and so anyone who is interested in Bitcoin must also be ready to face and accept this volatility...

Because Bitcoin has helped my life for better, I'll always tell a friend to do things that I'm doing that's profitable, teaching your friends how to be independent by investing in Bitcoin is the best update you can give in this era. You have to be real to them , don't just tell them about Bitcoin investment also teach them the do and don't in Bitcoin because many join Bitcoin when it's trending but they forgot we waited for long to achieve the best price.

Another thing to teach friend after recommending Bitcoin is safety go their investments, he must keep his wallet phrases in a good place that he can remember or store it a good family member,  the keys are most important, and once you're careless with it ,you will never have it again.  Time frame, knowing when to buy and well to see is also necessary things in Bitcoin investment.