Bitcoin Forum

What is Bitcoin and what will it become?
To believers, it’s the future of money, privacy and payments, the end of greedy banks and the fall of government fiat currencies.
To critics, it’s an elaborate scam, the currency of cyber villains, a threat to sovereign states.
To others, it’s already nothing, practically dead on arrival.

In which side are you?

I am a believer but don't see it take over banks or take over any currency. I see bitcoin as a fast way to pay international without any delays or fees for changing currencies. Its just a currency next to all the others.

A believer of the tech, but not bitcoin replacing current financial system, most especially banks. The blockchain technology brought up a lot of interesting projects and ideas from other entities not working for bitcoin. I'm interested on seeing those developments done on the blockchain, and how would it further revolutionize the way we look at transactions nowadays. As for bitcoin, it can be a tool used to transfer value from A to B, but it should first come a long way before it completely replace fiat and traditional banking.

i am definitely a believer of bitcoin and its potential to change the way we do payments on a global scale. what other say about bitcoin is their problem. they clearly don't see what we see.

I think it is adviseable to take part on each side, be critical towards your own assumptions and ideas regarding Bitcoin. I tend to be a believer, it is part of me to like things that stir up the world as we know it. But I can see the points of view of the critics and others, and see some truth in there too, a belief and being a believer is just that, a thing that can drive you towards change and giving hope, but when practising the use of the blockchain it is wise to take on a more concious mindset and put things in perspective, if you go only on belief, you will end up with a new relegion based on fairytales you made up in your own mind.

You should be a critic, always question yourself and others, what, why, whereto?

Bitcoin is popular and future for money transfers, especially when banks start to accept it  ;)

I don't know, I kind of feel like bitcoin is the Yahoo of digital currency, It works, it's popular, and people have used it since the birth of this movement. But sooner or later the google of digital currency is going to come along with a vastly improved way of doing it and leave bitcoin in the dust. I don't think that's happened yet or is even about to happen, but these things happen all the time in tech. Friendster > MySpace > Facebook is another example. One dominates till something better you never knew you wanted comes along.

Keep in mind I'm not an expert by any means, who knows what will happen? If anyone did know I'm imagine they would become very rich.

When I started out on Bitcoin, it was the solution to a problem. {More secure online payment method} ...It has grown into a competing currency and a good investment opportunity.

I doubt that it would ever replace banks or become the de facto global currency... but it will be a solution or a possible alternative for many countries.

People are fed up with banks... they are also fed up with corrupt governments... Bitcoin gives them a opportunity to feel how it would be, if they used something else.

The banks and governments will turn against Bitcoin, as soon as they developed their own copy of it, with all the features they want. Mark my words today.. It's coming.  ::)

i hope bitcoin will burn banks down!

Our only hope is thinking that people will wake up from the electronic fiat scam dollarcoin that they will launch and instead flock into Bitcoin's open source nature. Sure, we are still somehow governed by miners, big merchants and devs, but at least everything is transparent and we see the total supply, we see the actual code of the software. All of this will be secret with "dollarcoin".

i believe that bitcoins will be national currencies of some countries after a few years also its price will increase a lot and bitcoin users will be wealthy

I think bitcoin will become very big in oppressive countries with currency exchange controls. I am optimistic about it's adoption worldwide but I still have no idea.

I am a believer baby, a pure 100% believer! :)

Every great invention and every great scientist was bashed in the beginning. It's just the way it is I guess! F**k the critics and the others! We will see who will have the last laugh in about 5 years!

I am a believer to BITCOIN , because now a days security has a lot of flaws that can be bypass. Bitcoin Transactions will only take some confirmations and guess what you can now turn it to real money. I don't believe that bitcoin will be gone because there is a lot of user now that making the Block chain network alive. Bitcoin is the Future especially now that anonymity is a must now. The fastest way to transact and send money to our loved ones.

I think future of Bitcoins is really bright and I also believe that one day the price of bitcoin will also cross $ 1000 mark. But this will take lot of time, people are started using bitcoins for their daily transaction and other payments like online shopping etc. Once the Bitcoins are trusted by the people and if they are globally accepted then surely bitcoin will provide healthy competition to our traditional money.

Yes, there are some unique things about bitcoins which makes them more promising and people are attracting towards bitcoins because of such qualities. There are many people who are fed up with the traditional banking system and they are looking for some better and hassle free options and i believe that Bitcoin is the best option for them.

I'm in the profit side.

But I like BTC, it allows international money transfer for cheaper, but I can live without it(and with less money sadly)

Now a days even a farmer can not live without a cellphone nor a television.
In future no one can imagine a life without internet. When everything (like your grocery bill, electricity bill ect)is available through internet, you may in need of a secured and cheaper payment mode. The answer to your search is bitcoin.

It's not important how the future of money looks like, it's important how many I can have in the future.

I will side with the true believers. ^hmf^ I believe in the steady growth of Bitcoin use over time and then a sudden explosion, once the first killer APP has hit the market for it. We just need to find the magic idea and then the kickstarter to pull it off the ground.

We will be successful, because we are pulling and pushing together. All our hard work will pay off soon. 

I believe that in future the bitcoin will be at sky star ratings and it will reaches all the countries. All peoples will fall in love with bitcoin. I love bitcoin.

Im a believer but I dont see bitcoin replacing any currencies.
Sure bitcoin is becoming popular but replacing currencies, the government
Wont allow it because they dont control over it. Bitcoin is better
To be independent to the government.

To me Bitcoin fits in with the future of money, privacy and payments, the end of greedy banks and the fall of government fiat currencies. we will never have the fall of greedy governments because most of the west accepts being slaves and has no fight in them to overthrow. Bitcoin does have a future as a method of payment though. Look at it simplicity to send from here to the edge of the earth assuming that edge has a internet connection.

Bitcoin is really a cool concept and it has removed many flaws in our money transfer system but aw we already know that it a young market so its price is still much volatile so in that sense it can destroy a lot of things but if anyhow we can control its price movement or just can slow its price movement then i am sure it will be the best currency of the world.

Killer idea is how to get people to purchase Bitcoin:

1. Without having trust issues. When you exchange bitcoins you don't want to be scammed.
2. Without having banks governments intervene in the process. It should be free flowing, distributed. There should be a million traders all over the world willing to safely trade fiat for Bitcoin - not 10 exchanges around the world that get targeted all the time by banks and governments.

Think a million leaks in a damwall, instead of 5 big leaks.

I think if that happens, it is game on. There are already indications that a good couple of people prefer Bitcoin. People are starting to get the fact that Bitcoin is safer to hold because there is no FactCat at the top diluting your money without any of your control.

We need a mechanism to be able to distribute Bitcoin freely and safely, the rest will get sorted on its own.

The barrier for entry for accepting Bitcoin is low. Create a Bitcoin wallet and you are done. As easy as a FB account was to create when it started.

However to actually get Bitcoins in there is far more of an issue, you have to contact an exchange, KYC, this that. Instead ideally you would want to meet with a Bitcoin dealer, he sets you up and supplies you - if you can trust him.

Bitcoin needs to solve that trust issue, but it is a chicken/egg problem as far as I can see.

I do not know, but I'm sure everyone here and bitcoin users including I definitely expect the best for the future. Hopefully, bitcoin is becoming increasingly popular

There are a million more ways to get some bitcoin in your wallet. Setting up a wallet is easy, then finding someone to fund that wallet with some coins other than buying it with fiat might be tricky, but there are possibilities all around us, the world is your playground and BTC is its currency. Set up a shop, provide a service, do what you like doing and do the best you can and there will be people that are willing to provide you with some currency, not just bitcoin, but it could be and if it happens to be, than you have gained some bitcoin, doing stuff you like doing, it feels so much better than when you just buy them with your fiat money.

I do not know what will happen in bitcoin. but I hope bitcoin can change the world. maybe if bitcoin prices above $1000 or more bitcoin has a bright future

The future of bitcoin is really bright as more and more people are started using bitcoins. If bitcoins are regulated by all the countries globally then surely there will be increased in the use and price of the bitcoin.

Future is bright but totally depends on the adoption level as if the adoption level goes high and if bitcoins get on the mainstream than it will last for many years and that's what we all want that bitcoin should grow and should be more stable in the future.

i beleive
it’s the future of money, privacy and payments, the end of greedy banks and the fall of government fiat currencies.

I also worried about lots of scam going around with taking bitcoin payments which may turn into option b ' payment for cyber criminals'.

Well, i am in the fist group of belivers, and i think and belive that bitcoin will raise that much and maybe not replace real money but it will be in use and value with them. Also there are chances for falling and crushing the bank system that are dominating us and playing us for a long time and with bitcoin better times are coming for making our lives much more easier and fun.  :-X :'(

http://Bit coin will always prevail, and there is nothing you can do to stop it. NOTHING!

^True Statement.

i believe that bitcoins have a really bright future and that after a couple of years its price will increase sharply and i hope that it will be used by a lot of people

I think we all believe in Bitcoin, it is why we are here correct?  I hope it takes off like it did a few years ago, this time I want to be a huge part of it!

Actually bitcoin is so fragile that I can't even think how easy is to manipulate it. Not to mention that it is totally niche market, despite of what some of you may think. We are not even one step closer to even slight adoption. In fact we are getting away, because in the future bitcoin will be thrashed and only blockchain will remain.

I am VERY new to this. I have invested some savings in Bitcoin. I just want to know, what happens if the rulers of today, just turn
 off the internet, as they are very capable of doing. What then?

Options 2 and 3 are in every form invalid, so judging by whats not eliminated, it will become the future of money and unit of transaction of choice.
Let's just hope there isn't any 4th possibility, right  ::)

i dont think that btc will live 5 more years.maybe the price will increase but in the end it will collapse.

That's a good joke.
1. Bitcoin will shift to new algorithm if any bug or hack if it's with existing algorithm.
2. Already survived for almost 6 years. Many experts analyzed it's core conceptual for it's existence and need.
3. No government can stop using it.
4. Will live till earth lives or internet lives.

Shifting into a new algorithm and all very much new to me. If it happens, will it take place without affecting any bitcoin users or bitcoins. Hopefully those things should not happen to bitcoin community. I believe in bitcoin's core durability. It would take 1 million years to crack bitcoin's core security, like private key.

again with this argument it's not really possible or simple as you think it to be, how about all asic miners that can only mine sha256 coin? you think they can afford again to buy 400 peta of hash for another algo....

Yes, seeing how hard is to change a block size limit which is just a line of code, I don't think that changing the whole algorithm would be that doable and successful.

Then again if the Bitcoin survival is in question, everything is possible.

my view of bitcoin just one. ie "payments in the future"

future requires ease

Somewhere at the middle path but slightly leaning towards the brighter future direction. I think is one of the cleverest invention. It has its plus points and like I always believe, it is our hope and will be the solution to our all financial mess from the current system. However it is still fragile and at times could look it it will just end up a failure. Just trying to be positive.

Future of Bitcoin is bright and good  ;) It will stay forever worldwide as first crypto  ;) The question is - in which country it will be more popular  :)

Well, that's the way to think positive
bitcoin may further lead to a good direction  :)

I believe bitcoin have good and promising future because a lot of reasons. It's decentralized currency and it grow up day after day, and nowdays you can almost buy and sell everything with Bitcoin. So we can guess great future for Bitcoin

The future is what we make it.  We cannot contorl what happens with the economy of Bitcoin.  We just can keep believing in it and hope for the best.

Imma chime in and say Bitcoin is great, and has a very bright future.
The most opposed to it are those with the biggest stake in controlling the monetary system, ie the banks.
The Sheeple that are against it simply do not understand it, but this is changing as culture is changing.
People are breaking away from the old paradigm of the dollar and debt model, because that shit sucks ass.
As society continues to evolve, acceptance of crytocurrencies will definitely increase.
We as people just like to cling to old things because we've grown comfy.
But shits changing. Fast

It will be become the future of money, everyone will never use physical money anymore. Otherwise everyone will use Bitcoin to do a transaction in real life.
At least, I wish.

well its certainly none of the above.

privacy  ???

end of greedy bankers lmao.....really, take a look around you, at the very best tis just making alot of noob wannabes try to be the new greedy wankers umm bankers  :-*

Just believing and hoping are same with do nothing on bitcoin, which its totally useless. Bitcoin isnt a government stuff, so we could control our own money.

I am a believers, it’s the future of money, privacy and payments, the end of greedy banks and the fall of government fiat currencies.

I strongly believe bitcoin will be used by more of the merchants in near future and bitcoin market will also not be affected by other alt coins like some of us have believed in past. So, i think there will be only a growth in use and price of bitcoin in future.

I have one my idea about the future of bitcoin which is expressed here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1191118.0 (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1191118.0). Who wants can read it. Comments are welcomed.

In my opinion, bitcoin will not be our future money , all countries will keep their own currency and make it digital, but bitcoin still have the chance to be our future money , but 1 thing that i just worried, how if my online wallet hacked? i would rather keep using physical money than digital ones

Bitcoin is a test bed, and an idealistic creation that serves its purpose for a select few. It isn't going to overthrow governments, and it won't. The technology that it has introduced is however useful, but at the same time, it isn't exactly clear to anyone where its true value lies. I would think that the price correction we have had for the past 18 months is just a result of Bitcoin trying to find its fair price.

Bitcoin has brilliant and bright future.It will be based country when most of the countries will have their own digital currencies then Bitcoin will be used to set their value just like now it does for other cryptocurrencies now.Bitcoin will creat new elite class those who believes and stick with it now.

I think what we are looking for is the Apple solution to buying Bitcoin. People are lazy. They don't want to think of a million ways. They want to sit and click a few buttons and it is done, no trust issues, no screwing around, just cash in Bitcoin out.

This is where banks hold they key, but it is the final key - so they are going to hold on tightly to it.

It's pretty easy to buy bitcoin here in the city, there are dozens of bitcoin ATM's spread all over NYC. But most of them are deposit only, so getting the money out is pain unless you have more places to spend it. But that's just one city, I know they have a few in Chicago and LA, but no where near the coverage here. So I'm kind of agreeing with your point, it has to become much easier to access, understand, and use before it ever accepted by the general population at large.

Bitcoin is image of the future currency when there will be a cashless society in future.The change has begun with the creation and widespread of the Bitcoin which is seen day by day.We just can not see the speed of the change it is even much more fast than one can imagine.

Are you guessing it is the future?  I mean I am hoping it is, You just never know for sure!

Topic is misspelled, Bitcoin is the future.

Bitcoin can become the way to some people protect their savings against financial problems affecting several countries,soo call it the new gold investment and with an amazing future on the road.

That I agree. Instead of asking the future of bitcoin, we can simply say bitcoin is the future. All the future transactions would be based on bitcoin and it's block-chain would store the total net worth of this world. May be over rated in words but we will be surprised when it happens.

If future is the bitcoin, what would be the bitcoin price in future and what about alternate crypto-currencies. We may say most of the future transactions may be transacted through crypto-currencies.

We can't know the future of bitcoin but we can predict it.
I think that the future of bitcoin is all about popularity and how many big companies will implement it as a bitcoin payment.
If more and more people will start to use i think that the price of bitcoin will be increased.

No one can predict our futures. But some guess may work like coincident.
If everybody accept bitcoin it will boom or it will not. But based on todays trend we can guess something what will happen tomorrow. I guess bitcoin will hit 10 million dollars mark per one bitcoin in 10 years.

birth-growup-middle age -olderness-death.we are at the starting of  middle age imo.for the time it will live of course not for the price

i think bitcoin still in growup, because there's so much people that dont even know what bitcoin is  :D

The main problem at bitcoin now is that there inst new money getting inside always the same people trading them,when the new investors come inside well we will see it growing slowly,till that day we wont be able to cross the 300 dollars without some exelente news ,like google pays adsense with bitcoin,or some big company as apple allows us to buy with it and has a discount ,without such big news the price wont go anywhere.

Im sure and i have positive thinking about bitcoin
in future we can use bitcoin anytime, anyplace,

but i think the richest bitcoin will do regulation with bitcoin price  ::)

I see ''bright'' future for bitcoin.
I'm sure that younger generations will soon or later see advantages of bitcoin compared to paper money.
When this happen and bitcoin become mainstream, banks and governments will have to accept new reality and allow official use of bitcoin as world main alternative currency.
Soon or later we will win :)

i don't think that bitcoin will be one day mass adapted by people or anything like that.
But future according to me is bright and also think that it have huge potential to grow.

I am a Truely believer of bitcoin as bitcoin has changed the world already and will keep affecting the world for good,thanks to Satoshi for inventing the bitcoin and giving the power of holding our own money in our own hands without government knowing who owns how much..I truely agree with your point about believers--it gives us privacy and control to our money :D

Why do you think it changed the world?  The amount of people that use Bitcoin is relatively small considering the population of the world.  I don't think we have seen what it is capable of yet

No doubt that supporting some great companies the Bitcoin can be a logical cause that the prices increase, and i think this will happen soon as Bitcoin is getting up daily and we see more and more ewallets and companies making Bitcoin as payment processor, for example, so just we need some time to see that other companies like Google , ebay..will support Bitcoin as well

I believe that sooner or later BTC will see a mass adoption. There is just a lot of value to just leave it on the table.

i know bitcoin,so i choose this "To believers, it’s the future of money, privacy and payments, the end of greedy banks and the fall of government fiat currencies."

With big companies can be even just market ,supermarkets,imagine go there get all the products needed to a month and be able to pay with bitcoin,and the products come with a lower price ,one day maybe these dream can became true.

in bitcoins future im scared whats goign to happen after like 50 years when the supply of bitcoins coming in from block rewards is insignificant.
im hoping people dont give up on bitcoin when that happens.

in future im sure bitcoin will be stable at ~$500 (after mining ended)
more country will be use bitcoin, and bitcoin will be number 1 online payment

Why would a country use a system like Bitcoin? A country wants to control its currency and it's a normal thing to do that :)

every country now has their own currency i think bitcoin will be only an alternative source of payment in the future

10million per one bitcoin? Wake up buddy, that is extremely too much.
In 10 years from now i think that the maximum that bitcoin can get is $1,000 - $2,000.
The technology trend is improving very fast and everything is going digital.

now some bank interesting to use bitcoin technology
in future im sure bitcoin more likely to use it

read this
http://www.coindesk.com/bank-of-america-bitcoin-growth/
http://www.forbes.com/sites/samanthasharf/2013/12/05/bitcoin-gets-valued-bank-of-america-puts-a-price-on-the-virtual-tender/

The technology is something and Bitcoin is something else. The banks are not interested in Bitcoin.
They have the control over the financial system. They are interested to develop their systems, yes.

Bitcoin itself is an e-currency and a small one and nothing more.

Do not forget that Bitcoin is used by around of 2.5-3 mil. people which is nothing considering the world financial market. Of course, many people have several addresses, and some have dozens of addresses so the ones who own BTC are less than that. :)

It's not what the country wants to do (the state), it's what the people in that country willing to use in a form of currency.

it seems that people follow their government blindly, at least the majority, they think it's more secure to use fiat because regulated and shit like that, it's the primarily reason why bitcoin can not take off

yes, in the future bitcoin only as an alternative payment, and people still use own currency as the main payment.
but did not rule bitcoin become the main payment even beat currency.

Well bitcoin can replace the current fiat,the bad thing is they cant press new money to cover any bad moove they make,i remember the countries before European Union well they made one coin for what 25 countries? soo why cant bitcoin or other crypto became the new fiat ?

If you mean that bitcoin will be produced as a physical coin (metal)
Then i think that it needs lots of money only for the metal and other things.
But in the digital world, yes it can replace and making it easier for large transaction, bitcoin has a good future.

I am a believer of bitcoin.
In the future all the people around the world will be use and collect those bitcoin.

not all of them in my opinion. Conventional money will be many. until someday the comparison might be 50:50.

No you get me wrong im saying fiats is possible to press new coin.... at bitcoin there is a limited number of coins...would be good to be able to use bitcoin everywhere,but well the rates and products would be diferent at each country,an apple should cost 0.0003btc and other countries above or lower it ,would be amazing how much 0.04btc your bill.

i believe bitcoin has a very strong future, that is until computers are able to crack private keys although i dont see that happeneing anytime soon.
when the majority of bitcoin have been mined and the number approaches 21M i think the value of the coin is going to increase exponentially

Agree with most of this ideas, but i think that increasing Bitcoin's price at 500$ will take same time, few years i guess , and then we can talk about Bitcoin's price stability

If the price of Bitcoin is just $500 per coin after practically all have been mined, then it means Bitcoin never caught on to mass adoption and is ultimately only used for speculation. $500 per coin puts Bitcoin's value at just 10.5 billion, and with consistent inflation I imagine that number is actually of lesser value than today's market value.

On the event of halving people are expecting bitcoin prices just would double. From past records and analysis halving will trigger bigger buying pressure to flow in new money into bitcoin eco system causing bitcoin prices to claim at least 10 times of current prices.

In the future, everything will be connected, we all just use bitcoin for any and all daily transactions.

Yes bitcoin futures are dependent to every halving scheduled every 3.5 years to 4 years. So, we can expect a brighter future for bitcoin on the event of halving. When miners get small amount as block reward and selling price will be reduced thus the requirement for bitcoin will raise leads to better price for bitcoin.

Impossible to tell the future of what Bitcoin holds.  I think why most of us are here and talking about it though is the simple fact that we all think it will become something super large.

For the bitcoin in the future is good we have lots of uses of the bitcoin like coffee machiine that can accept bitcoin then deliver like pizza or any restaurant that has delivery then you will use your bitcoin as payment instant...

The big thing is bitcoin is growing even being slowly as it is getting more value,the next years and with the financial problems worlwide im pretty sure it will be worth much more then now but it will take some years.

I am hoping so as well.  The bottom line is no one knows what will happen we are all just hoping against hope that it takes off and we are the leaders of the new world

The only future I want to see with bitcoin is it will go mainstream. I can't for that to happen in the near future :D And also just to add, I'd like too see bitcoin price stable at thousands of dollars per BTC ;D

I want to see bitcoin back to $1000 mark or even better in the future. Im still new to bitcoin world and hope I can feel what others feel when the price hit that mark.

Day by day bitcoin is getting much popular. Growth rate of bitcoin popularity became really high and Im sure of that. Only needs more development to hug and adopt the worlds needs. I trust bitcoin.

sounds very pleasant, i love it  ;D
im very happy if i can earning 0.035/week and bitcoin price stable at thousands of dollar

so i can earning ~ a hundreds dollar permonth

Hopefully Bitcoin user base increases many times thus much more people supports the Bitcoin running full node or Bitcoin miner (costs little money to run) - I assuming certain percentage of Bitcoin user base supporting Bitcoin with these actions so it is all about popularity of Bitcoin in future.

Yes the future of bitcoin is based on the user base. When bitcoin become more popular there would be many people who will use it bitcoin for their daily purposes to make it as a main stream of payment processor. The future of bitcoin is based on it's popularity which is highly dependent on it's value.

i really agree with you,nice answer. and bitcoin price will going down. what will you do in future with your bitcoin?

I'd say after the very erratic course of prices and events in 2013 en 2014 a slow and steady increase in price and influence in (global) finance. The public is still largely oblivious and sceptical, partly because of MtGox and stuff.

There is no way banks will take over Bitcoin. It would erase its purpouse. Besides, it is a peer to peer kind of network, so they can not just take it.

I would however like to see it as a currency used worldwide.

I don't think it is needed bitcoin to be produced :) i get you.
But yeah it is limited to 20s millions of coins in total but it isn't needed to go physical.
What is lost is lost like in the digital world when we know that lots of bitcoins are lost now.
I think bitcoin will have a good future, and it has began with the price increase nowadays.

You will feel euphoria by the time that you don't need to convert bitcoin to cash anymore because you can spend it to almost anything there is in this world. Mass adaption and global acceptance of this currency will surely change the way we view money. ;)

Is bitcoin a currency ?
An asset ?

Can it be both ?

it will be whatever the centralized authority think it will be, they still control that aspect of bitcoin, so as you see bitcoin is a bit centralized

we are lucky that EU view it as a money, i hope many unregulated country will follow their decisions

In all honesty, Bitcoin is everything. It just has many use cases. Now how will some government see it, that's their problem and for them to worry about, like Amph has said.

We can't much influence governmental decisions. All we can hope so is that they regulate it fairly. By fair I mean like EU has just ruled, and by not fair I would give you an example of NY and their BitLicense.

Yes time will tell and hope it will happen. :)

Im trying my best to gain much more knowledge about earning bitcoin so when the bright future of bitcoin happens, I can ride the current trend without regrets that Im not able to save in the past.

Yes time will tell and hope it will happen. :)

Im trying my best to gain much more knowledge about earning bitcoin so when the bright future of bitcoin happens, I can ride the current trend without regrets that Im not able to save in the past.

If you believe that bitcoin is the future, then learning about bitcoin is more important task to make more amount of bitcoins. Like you, many people has missed the early opportunities bitcoin has provided to us.

Bitcoin will definitely depend on the future generation of crypto enthusiast. Though nobody knows what the future holds for bitcoin but I'm very positive that it will stay for a long long time.

Not sure about future bitcoin price but I think it will stay for quite long time compared to other alt coins because its user base is large compared to other coins.

 :o :o :D ;D

comparing bitcoin to other altcoins isn't really a worthy comparison as altcoins will dry out at some point. their value will be -95% to -100% over time.

I think the coming halving in the next summer will increase the bitcoin's price , and we can notice in this few previous days that bitcoin's price increased a while. So i think in the near future bitcoin will get good and stable price

"Their value will be -95% to -100% over time". However, the supply of new scam coins will always be there.

Yes halving will push bitcoin price towards new high. from that some even say Bitcoin will change the world as a currency but it will not be a payment network. It was said that it will serve as a revolutionized cross-border transactions, but cannot be money. So, let's wait.

they would be useless, now one will care about the new coins, it's already the case as we talk right now

just look at the alt section, there is no competitor among them for bitcoin, the only one could be monero, nothing else

from this point of view bitcoin future is without obstacles...

I disagree, I think something eventually could come and beat Bitcoin.  It is really hard to say.  Speculation of what will happen in the future is mostly educated guessing at best.  No one knows otherwise we would all be rich.

Yes. To some it is the future of money whereby printed paper money will be of the past. There will be privacy since it is own by individual and payments will be a lot easier. This kind of advantages will make bitcoin as the future of financial system.

Monero could be potential competitor for bitcoin, as it provides anonymous, untraceable transaction.

Ethereum could be another one as it offers a totally new platform.

Bitcoins is an cryptocurrency and it is a platform itself.
Since the price of a single bitcoin changes it can be considered as an asset too.
Because you can get profit from it, i think in next few years bitcoin will become more popular.

I think it is important to separate the facts from the opinions.
I agree with you that bitcoin can be used both as a currency and as an asset.

You might also be right that the price of bitcoin is going to increase, but then again, it might not and we cannot depend on this alone for the wider adoption of bitcoin

maidsafe also can be another competitor, i forgot bout that, but they offer something different than bitcoin, they for example could use bitcoin for their platform, so they are not really competitors...

I think that if only 1 country implements bitcoin.
The price will go to the moon, but that is hard for a whole country to move to bitcoin.
As a "second" currency then yes if the country moves totally to digital and visual money and no more paper money then the price can be increased and the future of bitcoin will rise.

I think that if only 1 country implements bitcoin.
The price will go to the moon, but that is hard for a whole country to move to bitcoin.
As a "second" currency then yes if the country moves totally to digital and visual money and no more paper money then the price can be increased and the future of bitcoin will rise.
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A country adopting bitcoin as a currency seems pretty far-fetched today, although not impossible.
If it happens, it is likely to be in some kind of failed state.

I would rather see the best chance for bitcoin in the certain proportion of the people living in the developed (or developing) economies adopting bitcoin for some of their financial transactions.

I think Bitcoin will eventually be replaced. It has some drawbacks like slow transaction times and scalability issues. I'm hoping for Ethereum to be a BTC competitor in a couple of years.

The example that is often given is that Google was 20th search engine to hit the market.
Maybe Bitcoin is the Altavista or Yahoo and the crypto-currency which is really going to strike it big is still ahead of us.

Even some people believe that bitcoin is another way to scam. Internet Fraud might increase due to the easy access to bitcoin. But internet scam is everywhere even before the bitcoin arrival too. So, in technology revolution, we need to control everything.

There are many supporters of bitcoin, it still has the largest user base. These users will try their to protect their interests and promote bitcoin.

Ethereum could be the next Google. It is a platform as well as a currency.

I do not know much about ethereum. But bitcoin has a more brighter future if we consider with any other crypto-currency. Bitcoin has more users and more transaction volume and all the above it has huge market cap. These are the things will make bitcoin more successful in near future.

Certainly its the future. If bitcoin will be used even just half the internet business, no doubt there be more and more eCommerce site will be accepting it. Even if Bitcoin get to be used for illegal activities but has been publicize on TV news, i think this will still get to help BTC.  as it does happen from time to time on social media

Bitcoin prices are increasing rapidly over the last few days which is the very good sign for the  future of bitcoins. If the price of the bitcoins keeps on increasing with the same pace then very soon the golden days of 2013 will be back, this will build and increase the trust for the bitcoins among the people.

bitcoin price will rise significantly in the future together with this community member number

The golden days of 2013 were very bad for the bitcoin for the next 20 months. We want steady rise, not pump and dump.

Yes that is also correct, I think this time the prices will be stable for longer time. Previously such sudden rise and fall of the bitcoin prices had damaged the credibility of the bitcoins. I think the time will change, trust towards he bitcoins is increased and current rise in the prices is the result of the same.

Even the better chess players can't see beyond 10 rounds.
If even in such small and closed microuniverse one can't see too far away, in the real world things are even worse.

Just enjoy and take profit from whatever happens and move away if things get too bad

Yes we cannot predict the exact the future of bitcoin. But we can predict somewhat like what would be happened in next to one or two years. Based on that we can make some profit out of bitcoin by holding it for some years.

The future of bitcoin is more brighter than what we can imagine today. We can definitely see that we can have the capacity to be the world wide medium of interchange. It has all the features to meet with the financial world with future equipment also.

Most of us know that already. We just need to make sure the average Joe's of this world will also understand that Bitcoin is the best alternative to any current fiat fueled financial service. If they realize it at some point in the future, the userbase of Bitcoin will explode. Currently services as Mastercard, Visa and a few others rule their market with iron fist with their ridiculous fees and policies. Who in his right mind wants that?

There are many reasons that bitcoin will be successful in future. The recent price appreciation is the good example for that. This might get more attraction among people to get into bitcoin. For every price appreciation bitcoin will make more powerful and more successful for sure.

When the bitcoin price  rises and market capitalization becomes larger, it will become more stable and attract more users.

well it's not something that you can control, it will happen again and again in the future, the market will level itself at the end with enough people joining bitcoin, right now it's impossible to prevent p&d

Wrong, you are looking at it with the wrong angle which in return gives you a faulty analogy. You need to think of Bitcoin in terms of a protocol and not a service. Namely, the internet had several protocols that were competing at the beginning and TCP/IP won. Right now it's safe to say Bitcoin is the TCP/IP of cryptos, it has been solid for years and you can build on top of it. There are no realistic "Bitcoin replacements" ahead.

It is true of anything that with new tech comes new crime.  This is true of the standard FIAT and whatever the next thing that comes along. Everything is moving to digital and BTC is the start of that.

Absolutely. Huge volatility in price is good for traders and holders, but not much else. If we want Bitcoin to play a significant and legitimate role in the future, it needs to be understood that we need to build practical uses outside of speculation, which huge volatility makes difficult.

Bitcoin price will rise significantly in the future if it is widely accepted as a payment method and store of value.

This is the future of bitcoin ;D
http://www.cnbc.com/2015/11/03/bitcoin-to-be-6th-largest-reserve-currency-by-2030-research.html

By 2025, it will be the 6th largest.

By 2035, it will be the largest.

It will be used widely. Many people in many countries will have bitcoin. That is different from other national currencies. For example, Japanese Currency is main owned by Japanese.

Yes. bitcoin is beautiful in the sense that it does not have border. Central banking is isolationist and oppressive.

that's a big understimate, by 2030 mean that the 20 years of satoshi prediction is done, at that point bitcoin should be in the first spot

top 5 at the very least

Very hard to predict. Btc is not stable currency and can crushes one day.

agree with you :)
and most likely All currency will be valued based on bitcoin.
Bitcoin will replace dollar as the big Currency

Replace the dollar? as in euro, pound, yuen, rubles, etc  ::)
Highly unlikely unless they all fail at the same which is next to nil percent happening.

They won't all have to fail at the same time, they would just have to fail in general, and then the government would have to find a way to control BTC.  Not going to happen in our lifetime at all.

goverment want to control BTC ?
i think it's imposible, bitcoin is decentralized system, "free market" , no one can control the bitcoin,
The bitcoin network isn’t controlled by one central authority. Every machine that mines bitcoin and processes transactions makes up a part of the network, and the machines work together.

i think bitcoin will be a money in the all world, beacuse it is popular in china now.

I'm on Believer side, I'm sure bitcoin have a great future..

Yeah it has a great future for the sure, but it totally depends on the acceptance and the adoption level of the people. And yes the mindsets of the people would also play an important role in deciding the future of bitcoins that whether people see it as a threat or an opportunity, but I believe bitcoin is safe for next 15 years.

November 2015. bitcoin looks very promising and profitable. save as much as possible bitcoin.November 2015. bitcoin looks very promising and profitable. save as much as possible bitcoin.

What is this shit, seriously?

Is someone paying you shitcoins to talk shit about bitcoin?

Maybe learn your english properly first before coming here on your newly made account and creating bullshit about something you clearly have no idea about.

What a great way to think. I aso believe. Just keep on sharing it so many people will know what bitcoin really is.  Someday more users will be there and it will be stabilized.

I'm on the believers side obviously. I don't even want to say about Bitcoin that "it’s the future of money" because the word "money" is so dirty that the Bitcoin might be smudged if put them close to one another. Bitcoin is much much more than a "new money" IMO.

I also am on the believers side and the hopeful side if you will.  I disagree though, Bitcoin is money, at least it is defined as money by the dictionary.

The end of the money as we know it, is coming. Will remain credit cards, electronic payments and Bitcoin. Whether we like it or not, this is the future!

Yes the ends of fiat currencies are the beginning of bitcoin ecosystem. We can expect the end of all fiat currencies very soon. Once people switch over to bitcoin for their daily spending, then no one can stop the end of fiat currencies. That is the real beginning of bitcoin and the future too.

Bitcoins are progressing now all over the world, and people are now trusting it more and more.
The reason behind it is the features and performance of bitcoins as a currency. What I see in future of bitcoins is that bitcoins will be used more in other countries and soon  we will see that even local shops will accept bitcoins as payment.
But, there's a negative side of it as well, bitcoins' use for gambling and illegal purposes may increase too in future. The thing is that future is unpredictable and you can never say what would happen exactly, but there're more chances for positive results than these negative ones.

It's gonna be all or nothing.

After seeing some of the billionaire controlling the price of bitcoin using lots of their fiat currency mostly from china. Within 6-8 hour period price swing from 500 to 368$ which will be totally unacceptable by the one who like to hold bitcoin for daily uses and they will become panic and sell all of their coin again to those billionaires or whales. Due to this I doubt on its mass adaption in future.

Of course I'm a believer, and all your statement is right for me The privacy is the most important thing for me, that's why I use Bitcoin. :)

If you believe the future of bitcoin and are not a day trader, it is better to hold your bitcoin. It is impossible for small fish to make profit in the game of whales. Those whales will eat the small fish.

If we are still here it will be just growing. Everything is depend from believers and power. It is easy to notice that Bitcoin supporters are young people, and young people are the future!

At current floor price I think I can say there is really a future in bitcoin from $200 it goes up to $400. Maybe it will go down again soon but atleast we know price will still goes up again soon. Price is changing every moment which is good for the traders.

Positive thinking. That is what is mostly needed now. 400 is a good price to stay for now. No more going down. Maybe waving a little but not totally down. Yes and that is a good sign. We all saw it getting high so there is a chance it will go back again up there to where it belong. 
One more good sign? It is seen by many people.

you can read this http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/bitcoin-become-sixth-largest-global-reserve-currency-by-2030-1526925
for make you trust bitcoin at future will be Good currency maybe wll be replace USD ;D

All we can do is hope, no one actually knows what the price will be.  I for one think it will keep going up and moving up, hopefully I will be able to retire one day on it!

What future can have something based on HYIPs(ponzi schemes), back market and speculation? This is the real BTC.

Without these 3 "factors", BTC value will be near zero.

I wish bitcoin would be worth at least $10000 each when you retire. Best of luck!  ;)

I hope Bitcoin will first become main internet currency. After we achieve that, and Bitcoin reach enough stability price wise, only sky is the limit.

But till 99% bitcoin are mined out, and the demand for bitcoin goes normal, we cannot expect a stable place for bitcoin. The price of bitcoin is activated by supply and demand. Even once the bitcoin supply goes to zero, but we can see rising demand. So there are lot chances for rocket speed prices. That's the future of bitcoin.

After a few halving, the effect of newly mined coins will be much smaller as the fresh coins are much smaller in number. The price will be stable in about 20 years.

The future of bitcoin depends on the awareness of ordinary people and if they can understand the benefit of bitcoin.

the future of bitcoin and all other cryptos is definitely really bright as more and more companies will start accepting it what will result the increase in its price

The future of bitcoins will be good only as you said more companies should accept it as a regular currency to buy items otherwise it will not grow bigger if it used only for gambling or gray transactions. So one can't guaranty what will happen to the bitcoin prices over 5 years time.

Yes on the future maybe. If it will be used by many companies. But for now we are like in the air just staying there with nowhere to land. Bitcoin needs to be accepted with a lot of people before it will be used frequently. It is like a vote in this days always. The more the merrier.

As time goes on, the usage of bitcoin for gambling and grey market transactions will be lower compared to other "legit" application. It will be used in banking, online purchasing and other legit transactions. It will take many decades to achieve the status of US dollar, but we have hope.

I think bitcoin will be developed in the future, may bitcoin will be used in the real world in the form of credit cards, so everyone can wear bitcoin, bitcoin can also provide the results of a fairly large for the unemployed who are looking for bitcoin.  :)

There are ideas on how to make bitcoin physical. But those are still ideas. It will be a great step for bitcoin if that will be done. But some will also decline and oppose to those ideas. There are possibilities that should be studied before going to a step or a leap.

Crypto-socialism

https://i.imgur.com/20oYTPu.jpg

Bitcoin has already got credit/credit cards. It also has some Android based wallet. These tools will be widely available in the future.

The future of bitcoins is unpredictable at a moment, at present it is going good but we are not sure what would be scenario in the future, and it would totally depends on the adoption level and the awareness level of the people, if it is widely used and widely accepted then no one stop bitcoins in getting into the mainstream and becoming a global currency.

Yes we can not predict completely the future of bitcoin but we can assume in some greater levels. In the world of everything is in digital we can expect bitcoin will boom in each and every sector it can be used. So the future must be belongs to  bitcoin as it is more than money and samrt way of transacting money.

Yeah and at this stage we cannot be very much sure what would be the future of bitcoins and we wish that the value should reach the moon but for that bitcoins needs support from each and every individual and also from the governments of the respective countries.

That's already happening dude, bitcoin debit cards were now used by some bitcoin users and maybe me sooner or later. I think the future is near, and if bitcoin went on mainstream, that's definitely the future. :)

Yeah, and the only thing we need is that bitcoins gets on the mainstream and if you talk about credit cards then bitcoins has already started to replace credit cards, as of today I don't use credit cards for online shopping, I make payments using bitcoins as it is very conviniet as compared to credit cards.

The important from future of bitcoin is "price and maarketcap" , it's very important, bitcoin rejected from some country because the price very unstable,
like " the Washington State Issues Bitcoin Warning Amid Price Volatility"
http://www.coindesk.com/washington-state-bitcoin-warning-price-volatility/


if bitcoin price can stable maybe up 1-2 % /day it's make people not affraid to use bitcoin

I don't know, I kind of feel like bitcoin is the Yahoo of digital currency, It works, it's popular, and people have used it since the birth of this movement. But sooner or later the google of digital currency is going to come along with a vastly improved way of doing it and leave bitcoin in the dust. I don't think that's happened yet or is even about to happen, but these things happen all the time in tech. Friendster > MySpace > Facebook is another example. One dominates till something better you never knew you wanted comes along.

Keep in mind I'm not an expert by any means, who knows what will happen? If anyone did know I'm imagine they would become very rich.

I'd say that I'm a critical believer..Bitcoin has a great potential for the growth and it'll become commonly used in 5-10 years (hopefully), but it definitely won't be the reason for the fall of government fiat currencies

Even for 20 years I can't see bitcoin will replace the whole fiat industries.

In my own view, I don't want that to happen. Im happy with the current usage of bitcoin now. Development must not include replacing the whole fiat.

I have my own reason why I don't like bitcoin to be the main currency. Im happy how bitcoin works today. Taxes here really sucks. You can understand why Im saying this if you will experienced where taxes here go.

i just believer..
To believers, it’s the future of money, privacy and payments, the end of greedy banks and the fall of government fiat currencies.

No one has any idea what will happen in the future, all we can do is hope that Bitcoin will take off and something won't replace it!

I think after the blocksize debate is over and after there is a good scaling algorithm integrated I see for Bitcoin following use cases with potentially exponential growth:

1) Digital cash for ever day use
2) Underlying protocol for any kind of trustless verification
3) Store of purchasing power

Government fiat currencies will never fall. Bitcoin will exist with them. Just as restaurants with bars and fast foods. Everyone will be able to choose what is better for him.

Everyday usage as a digital cash will need that Bitcoin gets used as form of payment for works very frequently, will need that merchants are accepting it all over the world, and will need improved privacy. Then we will hit worldwide records of usage.

you need to watch this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rw8W92iIHZ8 to find out why bank versions will never succeed.

Debit/credit cards of bitoin is being used and it is quite convenient for bitcoin owners. The usage will expand the adoption of bitcoins. I wish the bitcoin card company can make some profits to support itself, but not to charge too high fees to discourage the usage (issue) of credit cards.

i think the future of bitcoin will be:
1. we can buy goods with bitcoin at all stores
2. bitcoin become a recognized national currency
(i hope so)  :P

And also bitcoin be a value storage. You buy bitcoin to hedge against inflation. The value will not reduce over time.

It will take a long time to get accepted at all stores as a mode of payment, but yes the value of bitcoins will keep on going higher and higher in coming years, as the adoption level would be high, we believe that the price would be more stable,though it is not sure that price will be definitely stable, but if the adoption level and acceptance level goes high then the future of bitcoins would be definitely bright.

I would not be so sure. The future may be very close. The world is changing very quickly. I suggest you read this article:

https://www.cryptocoinsnews.com/coinbase-launches-first-bitcoin-debit-card-u-s/

Well if you are only basing your answer to that bolded part of yours with that services that recently launched then still you can't say future for most of the stores that will accept bitcoin may be very close.

FYI, it's not worldwide. Another one is bitcoin regulation in some countries. It may happen but not close for now. Maybe in 5 to 10 years.

I think it will be. Maybe 10 or 15 years everyone will know about Bitcoin.

I am dreaming but let say IF Satoshi/Faucet is just cent so:
Satoshi/Faucet: cent
Litecoin: 1 to 500 dollar
BTC: 500 - 1000 dollar
Like dollar and euro world wide money so no more dollar and euro. I think that would be awesome. The new revolution money.

Im a believer of bitcoin.I believe that bitcoin will replace all our money now on the future.And im sure all people will adopt bitcoin.In bitcoins there no government at all of your transactions remain private,so you can send and receive money freely using bitcoins that why i believe to bitcoin and its potential to change our worlds currency

I think you're too confident although bitcoin very superior in cryptocurrency but does not guarantee future will be bright bitcoin. I think if you want to see the future of bitcoin be better we should be able to replace the paypal as the method most widely used online it's a good first step

i think 15 years is such a long time. if we look at the speed of the bitcoin popularity. it is on its top position as compare to other degital currency. so i think it will not take such a long time. it will hardly take 3 to 5 years to become a popular digital currency of the world.

Paypal will never disappear, till it is getting support from the people it will always exist and we cannot think that bitcoin can replace Paypal completely in near future.

fiat will never disappear but bad payment processors like Paypal will eventually disappear and be replaced by things like bitcoin or any crypto currency that can grow big in the future.

the future of bitcoin is quite bright. if we look at the present position of bitcoin. its price is increasing day by day. people are investing their flat currency. they are investing a lot of money in bitcoin. people like me who have no flat currency are earning fro signature campaign. so we can say that the future of bitcoin is quite bright.

I think that it is fair when bitcoin payment method that has been mainstream? many stores accept bitcoin as payment method as stores accept payment by credit card. but I'm not sure bitcoin could be the currency of a country
I thought it was too much when the state uses foreign currency and local currency makes

Future of bitcoin is full of growth. You could never see qn alternate digital currency for bitcoin. It could reach most of the people as well gives increased accessibility in direct use of bitcoin in most of the stores.

Problem is not all have that kind of stores. But I really love the low cost transactions I feel the number of money that I have saved since I used this currency. From 1-2 dollar per transaction to just a cent. Hell, I can send more because of this.

Yup, in the future there is a great possibility that bitcoin is going to be a digital currencies are so amazing and beneficial for everyone. Bitcoin is also always showed his prowess in different things and always do a bitcoin growth quickly. Bitcoin will become King of digital currency and very popular in any transaction in the world

bitcoin open all financial transactions very easily. I see the future very bright bitcoin. with bitcoin, our lives will be more enjoyable.

Agreed life would be much easier with bitcoin in future as it can be used and helpful in multiple ways and I think we don't have to worry about its future.

agree with that,its too rude if think that paypal will disappear in future,paypal is good payment,and first digital payment in this world,and peoneer. even bitcoin better than paypal,it will not make paypal bankcrupt or lost their user and lover.

Lol I thought it might just happen dude a system of age-restricted same as the paypal payment system. if there is a better system. certainly everyone will start to switch to the new system that is more powerful. if any competitor paypal call bitcoin have a better system. then it is very likely paypal can leave ?

Paypal is shit.It was good when Elon Musk started it.Not like they're unbeatable,if everyone gets accustomed to bitcoins ,trust me they won't survive the revolution with their service charges as big as king kong's fingers.I'm just wishing for paypal to die and get completely replaced by the Crypto World.Doesn't matter if its bitcoin or ETH ,we need to boycott centralize organisations.

What will happen in future? Well i think price will go down, people should work hard because lack of trusted mining site.

Long back itself, Paypal has started dying. Not just due to their higher fees, they are known for killing many business by freezing funds and accounts.
Recently come across a news about paypal is going to accept bitcoin as one of payment gateway. This may help for their survival, but not sure for how long.

they mostly are bad for individuals, you can never prove someone scammed you if they charge back and you are just a regular user. paypal doesn't care about you.

I don't agree with you.
There is no evidence that Paypal is dying and still Paypal is mainstream, almost online standard for payments, widely used by millions of people.
Yes, they have very strict rules about customer protection, what is not bad policy at all.
In this way, many victims of online scams, HYIP programs etc. was able to gt their funds back.
Thanks to Paypal I also saved my money in this way.
With Bitcoin you don't have such protection.
If you are legitimate business, you don't need to worry.
Paypal will accept Bitcoin as payment gateway?
Don't see reason really why they should do this?
Help competition maybe? I don't think so.

It can be really hard to predict and that is because Bitcoin is going to be more worth soon and that would be nice for the people who already waited a long time so that is nice.
But you are not for sure that you can earn money with it because Bitcoin is still a currency so no one will know what will happen.

the future of bitcoin i think is this digital currency will become  the one currency
of all country,.especial ;)y in money money transfer and all advertising business will gonna adopt it
too.

yeah it might just happen. we often see the picture of the future in the movies. how ahead of his time. many flying car and a computer that can run using only light.
I think the money will also be a digital future. I hope bitcoin could take its share

the future of bitcoin is quit bright.

the future of bitcion is looking bright

I think everyone will use direct digital. of course there are some people who will be using physical cash for transactions and I'm sure the government of the world. will still accept paper money as legal tender

Were going to have one currency all around the world which is Bitcoins.
and remmtitances and all banks will adopt the system of Bitcoins.

It is really hard to predict the future and not everyone will also know what is going to happen in the future so that is the problem of Bitcoin.
But it should be nice if there will be more people that is going to use Bitcoin and that is also important.

now some of my friends already know bitcoin. growth compared to last year so far. now 30% of my friends know bitcoin and 15% of its use bitcoin regularly in their daily lives. I think this is a fairly rapid progress. I am still trying to mngenalkan bitcoin to society at large. I know I will be part of bitcoin.

Yeah we are seeing growth in adoption level and it is far better in compared to the past, so I think it will increase in futrue too, so the future of bitcoin is very bright.

Yeah, I think it will happen sooner as everyone love bitcoin and everyone adopt this currency and as this currency do not have any owner so this currency is of everyone and everyone will accept it as the global currency happily.

As I've said before, Bitcoin is quite technical and not everyone would accept it because of that. The current fiat system does a great job catering to morons and it makes it all very simple for them to use, so that is already a great way to force out competitors like Bitcoin.

If we can find a way to make Bitcoin easier for people to use, especially the general population, everything will start to quicker within the Bitcoin economy.

we are thinking about the future of bitcoin and i think everyone is talking about it. for me the future of bitcoin is looking very bright presently. but i think the future of bitcoin is depending on the situation after halving. if the people hold their bitcoin and not sold them at at same time then it will be good for the future of bitocin  but if the people create panic and they star to sell their bitcon at the same time then the price will fell down and the value of bitcoin will be effected.

I also have left paypal after hearing that they are freezing accounts of people, when I was not on bitcoin all my money was on paypal and every time I was worried about my money as everyday I would hear a news from someone that their account is freeze but when I knew about bitcoin I adopted it for my online business and transferred all my money to there.

If we have an option of bitcoin then why to deal with Paypal, as you need to follow lots of rules and regulations in it, bitcoin allows us freedom to buy anything hassle free.

yes, bitcoin is really great because it allows people to use it freely and make any transactions they want whenever the want, i think thats the best money that ever been created

i think that the future of the bitcoin is definitely going to be really bright and it will allow us all to make some good money for just holding our bitcoins, i hope my predictions will turn out to be true

Yeah and the best thing about bitcoin is that you have access to your funds 24/7 and there is no public holidays involved in it and you can transact anytime you want, so I think bitcoin is the future of the currencies.

Lol everyone will don't know their future or any other person. the future has not done everything can change and not to happen yet
so it was not a problem at bitcoin if no one people knows about the future of bitcoin right ? LOL its not a problem dude

i think that the future of the bitcoin is definitely going to be really bright in the near future and the price will rise

I agree with this because even if the entire countries currency was just btc alone, you go into a shop and buy something "please wait for 2 confirms before taking this item"

To me that just isnt a possibility unless they changed the entire system.

I'm not sure if the price will rise buddy, I can't tell you the future but it isn't looking good with blocks going to take longer now, people aren't going to want to use btc as much as before, I hope it does survive though!

The future of bitcoins are in our hands, we have to power to let it grow or sink.

To believers, it’s the future of money, privacy and payments, the end of greedy banks and the fall of government fiat currencies.

Neither banks nor fiat will disappear in future, they will keep on performing as they are doing at present but we will find more users who will prefer to use bitcoins.

Am to believers side, BTC have the bright future to play the online currency. The future benefits through BTC will be very useful like pay through BTC and more. Hope no one will stop this since we switching over to latest technology. No one will stop BTC except competitors.

It is true that they are accepting bitcoin in order to survive their platform, but you believe this step will also do not make them to survive longer as they already have lost their image while freezing (stealing) other people’s hard earned money.

i am also believer that bitcoin will get a top position in the world than other currency, and it will be more popular and easier for people, if bank accept the bitcoins then it go to more popular currency in the world.

Paypal does not care about any individual and any business they have created problems even for most established business available online, they only care about their fees and every time they are in search to find anyone to freeze their account.

as long as cybercrime still exist and so many people still worrying about it,there's no chance for bitcoin to take over the first rank of the most used currency in the world,just a dream

Yeah sadly i dont think that BTC will overpower the main currencies but you never know... BTC has shot up and is worth more than any other currency in the world.. soo we could see btc as one of the biggest currencies ever.

The need for btc is very wanted so it will grow beyond expectations.

I`m definitely one of the believers, but i don`t understand one thing.

There are over 50 threads in this forum discussing the same thing-future of bitcoin,will bitcoin become world

currency,do you believe in bitcoin etc,etc....

100 people asking the same questions.What`s the point of this?

its mean so many people think about bitcoin future,so many of them wondering about what will happen to bitcoin after 5 years or more,and its why many people keep ask about that,make thread and discuss it,i'm also believer,bitcoin will have good future for sure.

Agree, indeed I am sure and have thoughts that bitcoin is going to be much-needed currency and most popular throughout history, since in the future all the activities definitely need the internet and surely we will need a means of payment or digital currency that can be used in the internet with special features.

I think that bitcoin have bright future need just keep going, someday one country will accept bitcoin and it will become so much popular at once.

If it gets support from media and government then it can have a positive impact on the future of bitcoin and more people will start having faith in it if it gets green signal from government.

Not once and i think we are already popular and day by day we are increasing who using bitcoin.. and many store are accepting bitcoin month by month..
And i think bitcoin has a good future we will use it online and locally like brazil they have 150 stores accepting bitcoin as payment locally..

The governments of some countries would never let bitcoins overpower their own currencies. USD alone, bitcoin may not be able to replace that because the value of bitcoin is often compared to usd.

Bitcoin has a bright future but I do not think that a country accepts bitcoin since it can never be a currency.

thats true, i know that bitcoin is definitely going to grow a lot and more companies and countries will be accepting it

i think that the future will be really bright and all of the people will be allowed to use it and make money

The future of bitcoin will be so good why ? Bitcoin mean is future of aconomic system for me and it will make our life easy and every person will use it in the future because of bitcoin mean is future and future mean is bitcoin.

To let that happen we need to spread awareness level among the people around us and that will only take adoption to a higher level, or else the future of bitcoin may be at risk.

I dont think that it's at risk i just think that btc wont stay stable at a certain price and there will always be uses for it because it's anonymity keeps everyone in the shadows and happy so it will last.

It is an inception for innovation that is related to the currency that is virtually conducted by the users itself, which, according to my perception is the true meaning of democracy where every person is the master of their own device. It too excels the self reliance among the users and positively be the one the source major source of economy in future.

Countries accept bitcoin??? if you mean as a local currency then it is just a bullshit. there are no any country who is going to accept bitcoin as local currency. because no one can control on bitcoin and governments need a currency which can be control and handle by them..
but if you mean accepting as legally then I would say it is already happening. bitcoin is already being used worldwide and governments have no issue with bitcoin.
bitcoin have good future but in the internet. for psychically it needs lots of more years to get success.

Bitcoin will be world history ever.
Bitcoin run fast people to people and world was know it.
Bitcoin doing easy,fast,and working as simply.  ;D 

Bitcoin will be more popular and powerful in future holding the price beyond our expectations, and it will surely replace all payment methods and it will be a monopolist.

The future of the bitcoin is gonna be very good and the fact is also that the halving is coming and also a lot of other events.
Its just a matter of time before the bitcoin is gonna rise to a higher amount.

I think we dont need to use physical coin of bitcoin, because in future, internet will be the primary thing in our life, thats why bitcoin become more popular year by year as the digital currency.

It has been a part of world history now ;)

Bitcoin’s value is a perceived regard for its benefits and usefulness. The usefulness and consequent value of Bitcoin is not just a matter of time but it is a result of many aspects of its innovation, its network, and its features.

i believe future of bitcoin is good , because it has advantage like globally it is common currency , exchanging and transaction also easier and you can have  more secured feature on bitcoin ,may be in future more features will be added to bitcoin and many country,more people support this.

Indeed the bitcoin has a great future it only needs to prove itself that it can become a currency globally and with the future itself also.
Right now no one can predict the future of it.

this will only happen slowly so it is going to take a long time to reach that glorious future when bitcoin is being used everywhere. and it is mostly the fault of bitcoin users because they have switched over to investing in bitcoin instead of using bitcoin as a currency.

I was a combination of a believer and critic, I believe bitcoin currency into the future that will add to our options rather than fiat currency, in this case bitcoin will never replace fiat money. but it will not make the bank insolvent course. but on the other hand, I also still believes that bitcoin could turn into a scam at any time. And yes bitcoin is always associated with evil or criminal. Thank you

Well, it's hard though to using bitcoin as a currency. I mean, we can't buy anything with bitcoin on real life. If bitcoin can do this and spread the information about bitcoin, i'm sure the future of bitcoin will be good.

yeah beginning of bitcoin already Startlingly when many companies began to look their eyes at bitcoin. Paypal seems to be closer to bitcoin. seen the approaching Coinbase and paypal you can see it in the news. and I'm sure in the future there are many who will glance and accept bitcoin. bitcoin very bright future #imo

In order for that to happen, bitcoin should be totally well known to different places not just in the US or in the UK but even third world countries. I think that is the best way to increase the gross of bitcoins.

Yeah that is right bitcoin need to be more popular to have a great future. I think after halving will the best chance for bitcoin to get famous because the price will be higher than before and many people will attract to bitcoin because of it's expensive price ;D. Bitcoin is like gold in the internet :D.

I was very upset why many people associate halving come with the future of bitcoin? the future of bitcoin will take a long while halving will happen tomorrow? then what to do with the future of bitcoin?
I mean if halving happens now and then it will make better future of bitcoin?

the future of bitcoin is very nice and bright. bitcoin development is so rapid now. every day bitcoin prices always go up. I believe the future will be one of the bitcoin payment media used financial greatest d world.

Price has moved up since last week but now I think bitcoins is taking rest but if we consider the future of bitcoin then its gonna revolutionary holding the best price of all.

Bitcoin's User base is growing.  Let's hope there will be enough places that will accept bitcoins as mode of payment.  Mall, supermarkets, movies, bookstores, drugstores, dining, etc.  If big bank card like Mastercard, Visa etc, would incorporate it with their current system, that would be just great.

forecasts and prospects of development of Bitcoin is moderately positive. In the long term, the main thing - to be able to defend the independence and the original essence of a decentralized project. All other problems IMHO this crypto-largest network of experienced in fully automatic mode. Afraid she is not of technical problems with the unit value and hovering transaction, but rather its nimble competitors such as ETH, which in terms of its innovation and PR head and shoulders above Bitcoins.

Yeah,we might indeed witness very strange things in some time if the network will have any technical problems.
I also dont like how many some altcoins exist's,it may be a problem for a bitcoin in a future.

I think btc will become the main paying method in about 15 years from now

I too believe that within decades to come bitcoin will be widely used. there will make the financial work very easy and transform the way we live the world. We will break free from the enslavement of the banks.

The are some who say that the goverment wants to control BTC ?i think it's imposible, bitcoin is decentralized system, "free market" , no one can control the bitcoin,The bitcoin network isn’t controlled by one central authority. Every machine that mines bitcoin and processes transactions makes up a part of the network, and the machines work together.

For a free market, it's just a side problem, but the main problem is the decentralized of bitcoin. In my opinions, the decentralized system is the opponents of the main system of the government and that is the centralized system. from the background, the bitcoin and government are different and then this can make every party is difficult to make a domination to another party.

it's the money of advance technology, only fools never acknowledge it's potential.

i agree with you , you are right that the future of bitcoin is very strong and bright .its really bitcoin increasing its price too much faster day by day and i also hope that one of the bitcoin payment will be using in the world .

While many argue that the rise in blockchain usage will only enhance blockchain technology itself, it seems logical that it will also enhance the reputation of Bitcoin. Indeed, as more industries use blockchain techniques, the general public will slowly see how effective it can be and, therefore, faith in Bitcoin should start to grow.
To say we’re on the cusp of a revolution might be a bit premature, but there’s no doubt that Bitcoin has already made significant progress in 2016.

The future of bitcoin will be great, bitcoin has proven make transaction easier and more efficient, and now there has been more store and company adapted bitcoin, so the future of the bitcoin will be great

to me the future of bitcoin is really interesting and bright. i can see the price above 1200$

the future of bitcoin depends on the price and the investors of bitcoin. If the people are interesting in bitcoin its price will really increase and the future will be bright enough. 

not sure bitcoin can survive for more than 100years, maybe in future something will replace bitcoin, each new highest technology will make people to interesting at that's

you're right dude, i still remember when i started being in bitcoin trading, it is just below 500 dollars in 2015 but now look at the price.

It is currently the early stages of bitcoin and its technology, it will take some more time and I hope it will be the more established technology of financial system of the world because of its attractive features and its convenience in transaction etc. The issues are there but not that much obvious that people will reject it. And it is the master of Crypto world and will be the master of that no matter how much other coins develop.

In 100 years? Of course we wont know what will happen with that time. Let us just see for 10 years first if it can still draw the attention of many then it will be all good.

Bitcoin is very young and promising currency, i think that in future it will become more popular and price will also increase very strong.

Same thoughts here !!! the future of bitcoins seem great but I guess It will take quite long for the wide spread use of bitcoins. just imagining the way we will be living excites me. we can carry own bitcoins around the world no limitations !!!!!

There's a possibility that the price of Bitcoin would blow up. Before I quit doing Bitcoin, I would leave a little amount on my wallet and totally secure my wallet. Once all the bitcoins are mined, and the people are all into Bitcoin, then surely the price would shoot up. If I hear the price of Bitcoin is thousands, then I would go and withdraw the amount that I left before. I think this has a really good chance to happen because a lot of things is done digitally nowadays.

right now the actual number of people using bitcoin is very low. imagine what will happen if we gain like 200-500% more users in the coming 5 to 10 years. it will be massive for bitcoin. very important point is that people must be able to spend their coins locally. that will trigger a lot people to actually start spending their coins. right now the far majority only focus on using bitcoin as investment tool.

Yes and if would be using bitcoin as a currency then at this stage we would be sitting at some higher price but the fact is people are not spending it, they are just holding it for future.

I believe bitcoin always remain in his own shape, and i wish it will be remain. If we ask for anyone why we are using the bitcoin? so definitely everyone say we all want to get profit from it. And no one think that bitcoin need to change something, but only one thing bitcoin need and that is publicity. otherwise bitcoin never and ever change into fiat currency.

I think that the future of the Bitcoin is bright and the price is going to be high, that is what I am hoping for.
The thing with Bitcoin is that you do not know how it is going to end up.

what a great plan! i guess i will follow that plan and i know it would gonna happens in the near future. good luck to all of us.

Yeah and I think we don't need to worry about the future of bitcoin as it seems to be pretty safe as we will find many new investors who will invest their money into it.

Yes bitcoin gonna be more popular in coming years and we will be seeing much more higher price in coming years and bitcoin don't need to worry about its future for sure.

I always read here good signs then how about the bad ones. Its always like bitcoin got a good future.

How about the possibilies that it could just die anytime. Is there something like that? I kmow all of this are just speculation, no one can give real facts.

That's the main point why bitcoin will having a great future because a many investors is interested in putting their money into bitcoin, because in bitoicn having alot of projects. and they can take the opportunity from that.

In the near future bitcoin become popular in the whole world. It become brighter and used it to many ways like in shopping mall you can used bitcoin for payment that is my speculation. Its easy to use than credit card. Or become one currency in the whole world. The value become higher than your expectation.

Yea, i read above is only "bright, great, high" we dont even know about tomorrow neither next hour
It still possible bitcoin will die, or another cryptocurrency will make it die
It is still speculation but i hope if it will die it will take long time from now

Yes, in the future it is sure that everywhere every person will prefer to use bitcoin for their payment on their online/digital business or for any purchase they make. The fact is that the future is on digital system and bitcoin is the convenient way for online financing.

The phase of resting is passed and now the price is increasing but the movement is a little slow that is why we do not notice it more. The better future for bitcoin is going to start from this year when a large number of people involved in bitcoin then we must be enjoying the flying bitcoin prices.

NO KNOW ONE KNOWS WHAT IS THE FUTURE OF BITCOIN,, BUT I HOPE THIS IS YEAR THE PRICE OF BITCOIN BECOME STABLE OR GOING UP .. AND I  HOPE THIS IS NOT THE END OF BITCOIN

The users base is growing with a rapid speed and you can notice, even in third world countries and even in back world countries people are more active to work with bitcoin and it is hope that in a few years it will be available all over the world.

yes that is a fact and even to me the future of bitcoin is looking very bright. because the price of bitcoin are quit balance and more and more people are entering in the world of bitcoin.

Yeah, It's more likely to happen in future. Bitcoin is getting more know by the time. More online stores accept bitcoin as their payment, and offline stores will follow that steps gradually.
That way it will spread bitcoin to people who still don't know yet. And because of that massive movement bitcoin price might be increase more.

bitcoin very bright future. bitcoin will be used by many people. and in the future will be a media bitcoin financial payment most widely used by people in this world.

bitcoin has a limited amount of approximately 21 million coins, and put an end to production until the year 2140.
so the benefits of anti-inflation limit is the increase in value of Bitcoin now, and forever. so I believe bitcoin will have a good future with high prices in the future.

Please turn off your capslock, that makes my eyes it's so hurt to see that. but a lot of people knows about that, and improve your English will be better. :o and just don't become a blatant spammer.  :-[

the future of bitcoin is very promising, it aims to provide a wireless and cardless trasactions and a currency that can not be corrupted by the banks or the government.