Getting Social for Cryptocurrency Mass Adoption
Today, there are a lot of people using cryptocurrencies compared to when it first started. More and more are also recognizing their potentials and understanding what they really are. But knowing something is far from actually using it.
This may be because people acknowledging something’s existence does not mean they accept it. If investors want mass adoption, cryptocurrencies must be socially accepted by people, as implied in a recent Forbes article by Darryn Pollock.
Pollock said that aside from being complicated, cryptocurrencies’ definition is also still very fluid. According to him, these are the things that need to be addressed before people expect a “new wave” of adoption. He compared cryptocurrencies’ social acceptance to how people accept social media, citing that when Facebook started, it was also faced with obstacles such as obscurity.
Cryptocurrencies have also had a hard time looking for their direction, as Pollock said. All cryptocurrencies are trying to do different things and having a lot of iterations. If it only could become more directed and focused, the structures surrounding it could hopefully pattern and follow the social media blueprint and eventually achieve its most awaited mass adoption.
Read the article by Darryn Pollock here:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/darrynpollock/2019/03/04/cryptocurrencies-need-to-become-as-socially-acceptable-as-social-media/#7515cd115171
As the article has pointed out, unless and until the layman is able to confidently onboard with ease without having to learn technicalities, the adoption rates for cryptocurrencies will remain low.
Hi @devann thanks for the info re copyright pics used for posts. I will aim for opensource commons pics in future.
I found this article which is helpful regarding photos: https://steemit.com/blog/@lakov/70-websites-for-free-stock-images.
I realize that you are a photographer so take it seriously.
I see that you have never posted an article. Is there something stopping you?
Hi @julianhorack, I am taking it seriously not because I am a photographer but because I am a lawyer by qualification and understand the legal implications better than a layman.
Using images from stock photo sites offering free public domain/CC0 licenses is the safest method. Personally, I use pixabay.com and pexels.com for free images and use depositphotos.com for paid images.
Have taken time off to do some other pressing matters. Will be back soon.
Very good. I'm now using pixabay etc, and not only that but I rework their pictures with "Paint" software to add to them like a photoshop or sorts, in that way making it more my own and original.