Repitition. I brought it up with my best friend and family quite a bit and then started to back off because it was feeling like I was pushing.

You feel like a yo-yo because you talk carefully not to recommend any specific actions, and they outright ask "so should I put all my money in?" and "what's the cheapest place to buy?" (I'd rather they ask what the safest place is to buy or what options there are) and "would you look after it for me?"

I want everyone to go down their own rabbit holes, I don't want to be the scape goat.

Repitition just keeps the topics top of mind. So over years, as the cycles progressed, I think a few people went through the journey from the sidelines and they now respect that I have this useful knowledge.

They will all go down their own routes, I can say "Bitcoin only", but the cost of self learning is that people will make their own mistakes. They'll buy XRP and some shitcoins because they will take information from multiple sources.

All I did was to open their eyes and their minds so that they could start their journeys. I feel confident that when they make mistakes, they will associate those with the others that they followed and learn more about who they can trust.

It's a slow process.