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In the last period I thought about how I can introduce friends, shopkeepers and small businesses to Bitcoin. Even when someone shows some curiosity, explaining Bitcoin can be a really difficult job; it has a lot of concepts and several facets, and since everyone has priorities and thoughts on certain topics, if you touch the wrong ones, you risk annoying and losing them quickly. In addition, spending time with someone that is not already sufficiently "hot" about the topic can be a waste of time and, worse, generate a repulsive effect.

So I designed a small brochure that is a really quick introduction to Bitcoin, with the goal to activate people and trigger some reaction and/or curiosity. The plan is simple: I ask if they know about Bitcoin, leave the brochure, and wait for an immediate reaction, or I have the option of following up next time and asking for feedback; so I can get some ideas on what topics to bring up to keep the conversation going.

As you can see, I chose to give the "debunking FUD" section a primary visibility (is the first thing you see when you open the foldable), since people often learn about Bitcoin via negative and alarming news, so they are good points to activate a first doubt. Then there is a synthetic explanation of Bitcoin's money nature, why it is radically different from fiat currencies, and what impact it may have at a social and business level.

On the back there is a section that points to a website where the user can learn more. Currently I'm using bitcoin.rocks, but I will evaluate other resources or I can also build something new, maybe with some specific information for businesses, that are critical for adoption.

The idea is to release it open source, so anyone can personalize it (e.g. the learn more target), and maybe produce versions in different languages.

The dimensions are 42x15cm open, 10.5x15cm closed, foldable in 3 points; so with a standard A3 print you can get two brochures.

Does that make sense? How can I improve it?

Great work 👍

In the *But there are also other coins* section, I would clarify that most are pump-and-dump schemes to enrich the founders. Adding this context for readers who may not be familiar with market terminology.

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Thanks.

Rewritten:

"Over 99% of cryptocurrencies are centrally controlled by founders who can manipulate supply and rules, and engage in pump-and-dump schemes to enrich themself. They lack Bitcoin's network effects, security, and decentralization. Only Bitcoin has no owner, a fixed 21 million supply, and global consensus."

Bitcoin is by far the most vulnerable to quantum attack. If the government of a certain, ahem, state, were to crack Shor's before bitcoin can develop enough of an immune system—something more and more possible as bitcoin descends into childish arguments about monkey jpegs—then that's basically the end of bitcoin.

You don't even need Grover's. All you need is Shor's to come fast enough and it's over. Right now there isn't even agreement about what the algo will be. What's going to replace Schnorr? Is it Crytals? Is it Sphincs? Is it Falcon? Nobody even knows. And from there it's many more years to propogate. The attack could come in a couple years. The lower bound is 1,700 logical qubits. That may not be out of reach. AI is supercharging error correction. Yeah. That's where we are.