I’m a boomer@ 69 yrs old. I grew up using computers or PC’s before anyone knew what a PC was. I was never a pc geek, but I simply didn’t fear them like most.

I was first introduced to computers in the military and learned using DOS. DOS is what we used before gates & Jobs invented pc friendly software for Dummies who couldn’t grasp c/ command with green letters on a black background screen. As a civilian I worked for Pepsi Cola in late 70’s and they taught me as a manager/ & Sales rep to use pc’s with DOS before Microsoft and Apple invented software for dummies. I was no techy, but I was alway the guy the IT dept PC guru always called to talk our employees; mostly girls, how to unscrew problems on their individual desktop computer problems. Or! Other, most often, older managers, and Sales people who were just plain scared to death of computers. If they couldn’t type it on a type writer, or copy it on carbon paper, they hated computer technology.

So bottom line here, or the points I’m trying to relate here is crytocurrency, Bitcoin specifically, because I’ve been sold for over a year on Bitcoin being gold in our future. I’ve read several full volumes of books by everyone reputable in the Bitcoin world for well over a year now. I’ve gotten in my brain buying/ selling on an exchange or brokerage like Coinbase is bad/unsafe! I’ve learned how important a wallet ( hot) and (Cold) and the difference is. As well as the importance for immediate storage, and security. I’ve also learned the strongest security to store your Coin on is a Cold wallet as it is ( DETACHED) from any computer, cloud, wifi, or internet connection. In other words as long as you don’t lose your wallet 12 word password phrase, your shit ids safe!! Now I find out I need to learn how to run my own Node, and need to learn how to use the Lightning network. This should be getting easier with time not more complicated. Right?
The reason I brought up this story in the beginning is to give an example of the majority of people I found including all my college educated children in their early 30’s to early 40’s ( I have 4 kids); they won’t go near bitcoin or crypto after I spend an hour trying to explain the process of first buying bitcoin, then choosing a wallet. I barely get out all the details between hot & cold wallets before they start rolling their eyes when they ask me, Dad! why are there so many wallets? Just after I already told them a brokerage is kinda like a bank but its not as safe, so you need your own wallet and a hot wallet is better, but not to much better l, because they aren’t as safe as a cold wallet and then having your own nodes are safer than someone else’s node,…and on, and on…. Holy shit!???? Bottom line, this MUST GET EASIER, SAFER, and more RELIABLE, BEFORE we start convincing millions that fiat currency put out by the government is robbing us blind, which they are!
I’m definitely sold on currency history in this country and the world. So can someone convince me I’m not dumb and crazy &?far to skeptical for having these concerns about our future? Thanks if you even hung around long enough to read all. A worried Bitcoin lover.