Based on the friends/strangers I've recently met, almost all of them are new to BTC or have heard Bitcoin but in the wrong way, I've asked one of my friends and almost all of them said the same statement about BTC, most of them said that Bitcoin is nothing but a "SCAM", one of them said Bitcoin is being used for illegal activities like drugs, and weapon transactions, Now I can't deny about that, it is true that there are scammers, and hackers, and most of all criminals that use BTC because of its anonymity, though I changed their mind but it was not easy, I had to prove them that I can earn Bitcoin and how it works, I explained them briefly and in the simplest way possible, and they finally believed me, they tried to learn more about BTC and the market as well.
Have you ever encountered people like these? And How'd you try to defend BTC?