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I really didn't see much comments from Google (bad or good) for Bitcoin or even crypto currency in general , could someone explain the reason ?
Only thing I saw was Mike hearn (He was developer on Google) but I don't care much about what that guy thinks honestly.

They didn't speak loud about bitcoin, because if they did it automatically bitcoin will be noticed by people around the world and bitcoin popularity will increased dramatically , and Google not ready for it.
But you know by allowing thousands bitcoin apps at Google play store it's good enough and I think that was how they comment about bitcoin. Not like Apple that not allowing a single apps to their market.

With Google, you and your information are the product, so no, i don't see Google ever hopping on the Bitcoin (or any decentralized cryptocurrency), Though I do see them becoming interested in centralized blockchain technologies.

It's quite interesting that the largest technology company in the world is relatively silent on Bitcoin... A company that many believe was created with the help of the government and its alphabet soup agencies.

Even though Google has not made overt statements in support or against Bitcoin/bitcoin,
the Google Dev channel on Youtube did release this video last week: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TN7cmfoH06w (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TN7cmfoH06w)

Well I think Google is interested in the technology but they will not say anything about this, Google has a lot of secret agencies that are busy with as a example cars etc.
I think they are thinking about the bitcoin for sure but they won't tell it, the are waiting on the right moment to get out of the closet, maybe there are even working on a own currency you never knows what Google will be bringing.

Google has been suspiciously silent about BTCeanie BTCabies,* too.
*BTC = Digital Gold
BTCeanies = Furry Gold

I got into a debate with a Google rep about privacy. They basically want control of everything and Bitcoin is the opposite of that. Surprisingly, the rep didn't know that much about Bitcoin and as I explained it to him we gradually got to comparing it with Google Pay. He gave the scenario of me sending money to someone across the table and asked what made Bitcoin different. It essentially came down to Google knowing that I sent the person money. I believe Google's intrusive business model needs to know when we send money so they can put different ads on our screens after we buy. Right now, they don't know if we bought or not and keep posting ads for things already purchased. I'm sure they consider it an inefficiency they are fixing rather than an  intrusion into our privacy but that's Google.

They may be trying to create their own blockchain like many other are doing.  Or they could just be waiting until further development.

Of course they care about bitcoin, they are a tech giant, they care about any promising technology.

Mike Hearn once said the internal bitcoin mailing list he started had more than 100 people and was very active.

Anyway here's some stuff about Google and bitcoin:

Google asks users how they'd like to see Bitcoin integrated http://www.dailydot.com/business/google-bitcoin-reddit-emails/

#bitcoin 101 or "The revolution of crypto currency" - All in under 4 mins: https://goo.gl/2zTgri @googledevs  https://twitter.com/googledevs/status/699668975307878400

actually it's not about caring but it's rather more of what their going to do with google pay if ever they switch attention to BTCitcoin instead. IIRC last week, one of their developers talked about BTCitcoin on their YouTube channel but that's it. At first I thought there will be a huge impact but nothing happened. Google likes to take control and spy stuff (one way or another) and with BTCitcoin, their hands would be tight up so can't see them giving more attention than they do at the moment.

that famous gandhi quote may be well suited here, sooner or later everyone will recognize the importance of bitcoin, if the it will get bgi enough....

I think they can a huge impact on price if they comment about it. Perhaps they are just waiting for the right moment to comment and make a good profit of the situation... buying some in the shadows.

Google already has their stage to act. They won't be interested in bitcoin until they see it is worth it. It is more or less like PayPal attitude towards bitcoin.

I suppose at this stage they have no real reason to get in on the action, i would say they are bound to gave people who have looked at the technology and i am sure that if it goes main stream they will jump on board pretty quick.

I'm sure they know all there is to know about bitcoin. They just aren't making any waves about it.

I'm sure Google cares about Bitcoin. It's just a matter of time only really. You can only imagine how much attention Bitcoin will receive once Google mentions it.

i dont think google dont care about bitcion because google is so smart and i m sure they know  alot of thinks about bitcoin .

They just wanna make more money with the traffic being generated from the faucets and others projects related to bitcoin,support they dont do or work with bitcoin but making a great income,thats an amazing business model.

My idea is google care about bitcoin .

I think Google's position towards Bitcoin and crypto currencies in general is quite neutral. That may be a reason why they barely talk about this subject. It could be that they need time to investigate the possibilities of what these digital currencies can do for the world.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=205458.0

Google has an interest in digital currency (or at least did a few years ago).

P.S.
Google "google ripple"

Well, what I've been noticing lately is that a lot of bitcoin faucet games and bitcoin faucets are having their google adsense contracts cancelled for some reason.  There hasn't been a real explanation given yet but it started happening several weeks back.

That's not true about Apple. At first they weren't aproving any bitcoin apps, but they have approved several now. Definitely not as many as Google has, but they have accepted some. I am surprised however, at how little Google has done with bitcoin.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1367880.msg13917908#msg13917908 (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1367880.msg13917908#msg13917908)

Google shows some interest I would say.

Whatever! We can do without Google I would say. If google integrates bitcoin I'm out :)
Regardin the app stores it's basically impossible to have more btc apps on ios since that's a closed store while play is open.

Don't forget that Cupertino has Applepay to develop

That's because those are low quality websites without any content, often users are asked to click advertisements, that's against Adsense terms of service, it has nothing to do with bitcoin..

Google is too scared to see everyone started to know about bitcoin, they are not ready for it. Because they don't know what the impact will be, will it be good for Google or will it be bad for Google.

Im pretty sure Google already has this looked over. And im not convinced that Google doesnt care. But im with you with the idea that perhaps they just dont know yet what to make of it. Whether they would go for or against them.

Why should google have an interest in Bitcoin, or a positive interest anyway?
Google is all about collecting and sorting information, they could make a good blockchain explorer and follow transction webs very well no doubt, but they don't really have any pressing need to get into Bitcoin.

The only real reason i see why google would try to co-opt Bitcoin would be so that they could have an 'open-source' competitor to Apple Pay.  Even then, they wouldn't be able to control bitcoin well enough to really call it their own, so something like Ripple would suit them much better.  Then they could have a failed payment system just like Apple!

Yes I think the bitcoin is a new area for them so they are waiting for other companys that step in, I think that is the problem they are scared because they do not know what people find from it.
I think we just have to wait for the point google is gonna step in.

google like bitcoin. specially google serach and google adsense.

Why would you Google to care about btc?

they have nothing in common and the technology is already developped. Why would they flirt with this side of technology?

What did you just say ? How does google adsense and search relates to bitcoins anyway ? The posting these days ,if you are wondering the use of adsense and on the faucets or on any bitcoin related sites shows google encourages the use of bitcoins,you're wrong.They pay for adds in dollars only.No bitcoin payments going around there.

Dude please quote the sensible answer, Bro you just comparing Adwords,adsense with bitcoin talk. Funny answer ever.

Why would they talk about bitcoin since they have their own wallet?

How much did you pay for that Hero member account?

Google does indeed care about Bitcoin and seems rather supportive about it. The did this video recently explaining Bitcoin:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TN7cmfoH06w

Some people didn't like the fact that they didn't mention Bitcoin on the tittle of the video, but I actually like it because it makes it look as if crypto is Bitcoin (which is pretty much right since all altcoins are irrelevant compared to Bitcoin)

Agree. I've written that a few posts above yours.
Googledevs published this video and a twitter comment 10 days ago.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1367880.msg13917908#msg13917908 (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1367880.msg13917908#msg13917908)

Furthermore in that video Bitcoin is shown and mentioned numerous times!
So google definitely has an eye on Bitcoin.No doubt!

I have been very curious about this for awhile.  I am not sure how to take their silence.  If Google were to make a public statement in favor of btc we could see a quick jump in price.  Back when ETSY was struggling after the IPO Google simply mentioned them in an article and the stock rose 30% or so for a couple days - the stock proceeded to drop to ugly levels after that though.

I am not sure what Google is waiting for unless they are developing their own, nothing can compete with btc though.

google never care about internet payment,they only focus to their busines,their precious "google adsesne" make them emphatic to other stuff like crypto currency,but i really hope someday google will considering to accept bitcoin,will be massive news.

I think Google and the government which support it aren't yet concerned about supporting and advertising Bitcoin because they are interested more about fiat

Provably google care about bitcoin. honestly google is much more knowledge about bitcoin than us..because they are the main search engine they can easily know what is bitcoin.. they don't care to collect bitcoin because the developers and members of google are rich..

One of the more recent Google Adsense casualties was "Game Vault Studios" which was gathering quite a large following in the general public with their faucet based strategy games.

Here is an article which may support your position:  http://www.stacksofcoin.com/game-vault-studios-innovators-or-idiots/

I don't know though....It doesn't seem like Google wants to be supportive of that type of advertising because it's Bitcoin related intrinsically.

I recently saw a video that gives explanation about the bitcoin technology, and the person who was being displayed
was from google. Soon they might also come into this technology for betterment of googles service.

What difference does it makes anyway? At the end of the day Google has to accept the truth that Bitcoin is a new revolution and if it doesn't,their loss

Just because they didn't say anything about cryptocurrencies, that doesn't mean that they aren't planning something behind the scenes.

I'm an Adsense publisher since 2006, I've read a lot of "horror stories", pretty sure there's nothing special about this one.

People lose their accounts all the time, sometimes, apparently, for no reason at all.

Google has their eyes on bitcoin, whether they say it or not. You know they do.

But Google never has given any comments about bitcoin. Google is basically has own payment processor. Some faucet owners face problem with their adsense program just because of bitcoin related content in their sites. Hope this view of Google may change soon.

Learn to speak English, kids.  "Google" does not have a view or comments, seeing as it is a fictitious person - a corporation - with no agency of its own.  If you are talking about Google employees, shareholders, or something real, do please say so rather than leave dangling ambiguities in your wake.  Thank you. 

They don't care yet. But they will in the future when bitcoins gets mainstream.
Like any company they can't ignore it if people want to use it.

Google have their own payments solutions so Bitcoin as a digital currency may not present an interest for them. I guess they are closely following the Blockhain technology though.

That's not entirely true... With Bitcoin, Google could still theoretically know that you were the person the sent someone else money; it sort of depends.  Even though your name is not on your address specifically, if you bought bitcoins through an online exchange using your credit card or debit card for example, then they could identify that you sent someone X amount of Bitcoins.  Now of course that's not always the case because you can purchase bitcoins in person, at an ATM, or simply mine them... but the reality is that a very large majority of people just purchase bitcoins through exchanges.

Now I understand your argument that Google would want Google Pay to trump Bitcoin for obvious reasons (advertisements, logistical knowledge, etc.) that is entirely intrusive... but here's the thing though; anyone can view what address you are paying at any given time... and theoretically if there was some sort of sentiment that governments impose on businesses that forces them to always reveal their receiving address, then it could be knowledge to only the governments and/or even Google about who paid who by analyzing the blockchain and seeing who sent what and who received the transaction.

This is a lot more complicated and takes effort on behalf of the government and possibly Google which they would want to avoid, so they would love to have Google Pay be everyones "go to" payment method... but you could've argued that it serves a bigger role than just a (somewhat) private transaction method, rather, it serves to re-invent the monetary system in itself and allows for a limited currency that isn't influenced by a small group of people to inflate or deflate the currency supply on a whim based on political influences, and you can predict at any given time what the currency supply is.

Yeah it would not surprise me if they would launch their own currency soon.
Google wants to do everything itself. Outcompete every other party to make more profit.

An interesting one. Considering Google's desire for your information I would've thought they'd absolutely adore being able to trace your every payment through something like Bitcoin. That's info nirvana.

At this stage they may as well sit back and let someone else do the heavy lifting and see where it ends up. There's no particular hurry.

ouchh yeah clarified, apple has accepted several bitcoin related apps in their market now, i was following old news.
google act silent about bitcoin, but i believe they have made several research how bitcoin technology running and they just get a little interested maybe?
and also google add bitcoin as currency? isn't it a confession?

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dont worry. All the information is manipulated. Information is money.

As soon as it becomes a more popular opinion Google should reveal anything that they decide to plan. That would be a good moment for them to do so... Although Google can currently add in some program with bitcoin association, I fear that there may be some community backlash due to the link between bitcoins and criminal activities. People could start to complain about possible scandalous activities using bitcoin with Google's technologies.

Why would information that doesn't have an audience be of any use?

I can ramble on and on about the stock market to people I know, but if they don't use the stock market then there is no point in them knowing or caring about what I have to say.

exactly they are waiting for right moment to publish about bitcoin.i think they aslo waiting for their some profit and maybe anything else because google do everything at perfect time.but they hiddenly thinking about this i think.