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What do people think about Bitcoin?

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by Spooner, Jan 25, 2014.

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What is the fate of Bitcoin?

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  1. DonnyMost

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    So far all I am seeing is scammers and grifters …

    wake me up when I can tip 30% for a coffee in crypto.
     
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    bitcoin is not crypto. there is a shitcoin crypto thread somewhere else.
     
  5. Sajan

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    Don’t matter.

    they all go up together and down together.

    bitcoin bois really want to separate themselves from the shitcoins…ain’t gonna happen. Same cesspool.
     
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    Nope…. North Korea did also specifically steal BTC, not just the **** coins.
     
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  7. dmoneybangbang

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    Then what is it?

    Sorry but BTC is being used on the black market and being used to fund North Korea’s clandestine nuclear weapon program.
     
  8. tallanvor

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    'want' has nothing to do with it.
     
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    Bitcoin could be used for any transaction no matter who thinks its good or bad. Thats what freedom is.
     
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    Freedom to traffic weapons… traffic people… traffic drugs… develop clandestine nuclear programs…

    BTC opens up a world of freedom!!!! Just don’t use it to purchase something you’d use a credit card for…
     
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    Anything. Including everything you mentioned above. All freedom comes at the cost of people using that freedom for things you may disagree with. You are a statist and wont understand the virtues of freedom. Also, its not like you can uninvent bitcoin. Its like whining that the internet exists because people use it for bad things. too bad.

    You can use it for everything you use your credit card for. Mcdonalds, pizza hut, starbucks, walmart take bitcoin (just not in the US). Its a push system too which is way better than your credit card pull system

     
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    Lol… then why aren’t people using it for everyday items? El Salvador….? Great use case.

    I’m interested in reality, not desire….

    And if rules, law, and order is a statist thing…. Then so be it.
     
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    why don't more people use the best performing asset over the past decade to buy coffee? because places still accept shitty dollars

    bitcoiners want a world where anyone can freely transact in private. You want a world where the state monitors transactions to prevent ones you consider bad. Your view is the anti-thesis of freedom-loving bitcoiners and is the definition of statism. you are a statist and you won't understand bitcoiners
     
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    Lol… why don’t people use Apple stock to buy everyday goods either?!





    So anarchy…. And North Korea and child traffickers are currently the best use case.. slow clap….

    Of course I am a “statist”… I like rules. It’s not the insult you make it seem when you are actually understand the world.
     
  15. tallanvor

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    because people accept shitty dollars which are less valuable. also capital gains tax (that applies to bitcoin too)

    the only government you can envision is one that monitors transactions?
     
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    Lol…. Because dollars are far more stable than BTC…. And people are far more confident in shitty dollars than shitty and crooked BTC…

    And monetary supply….
     
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    Personally I think USD is a top 5 currency. I'm not really interested in debating which one is the best. They all still suck.

    However I am not sure how BTC is crooked. I would say it is one of the most honest and transparent asset out there.
     
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    I was being tongue in cheek about BTC being crooked. People are crooked, not things like BTC or USD.
     
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    This.

    or maybe people just don't want to?
     

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