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Title: What could happen if, lets say, Google Wallet start using Bitcoin? Post by: pera on April 14, 2013, 04:51:14 PM Predict the price :)
Title: Re: What could happen if, lets say, Google Wallet start using Bitcoin? Post by: Isokivi on April 14, 2013, 04:56:26 PM Im not that keen on trowing a seemingly abritrary number out (price). But I wouls like to state that in my opinnion this would overnight give bitcoin legitimacy that a few ddos attacks, or fear uncertanity and disbelief spewed out by media could nolonger undermine.
Title: Re: What could happen if, lets say, Google Wallet start using Bitcoin? Post by: pera on April 14, 2013, 05:12:39 PM I say this because Google is already paying to some of their engineers to develop bitcoinj (https://code.google.com/p/bitcoinj/), and Google Wallet is not taking on Paypal's market...
Title: Re: What could happen if, lets say, Google Wallet start using Bitcoin? Post by: notme on April 14, 2013, 05:25:15 PM I say this because Google is already paying to some of their engineers to develop bitcoinj (https://code.google.com/p/bitcoinj/), and Google Wallet is not taking on Paypal's market... One engineer's personal projects != paying some of their engineers to develop it. They give everybody a chunk of time every week where they can work on personal projects. If you look at the commit logs, you will see exactly 3 @Google addresses. 1 has submitted a single patch to allow a different build system, one has merged 2 small features, and the last is Mike Hearn, who created the project. Only Mike is consistently working on it , and he is averaging less than one commit per day since the project started. Title: Re: What could happen if, lets say, Google Wallet start using Bitcoin? Post by: notme on April 14, 2013, 05:28:29 PM That said, if they are actively working on something as a corporate goal, they would be working on private branches until they are ready to announce.
Title: Re: What could happen if, lets say, Google Wallet start using Bitcoin? Post by: Piper67 on April 14, 2013, 05:43:47 PM What would happen is that I would suspect we've suddenly shifted to a parallel universe... Now, in a couple years, maybe :D
Title: Re: What could happen if, lets say, Google Wallet start using Bitcoin? Post by: ManBearPig on April 14, 2013, 05:46:03 PM That would be nice but there's no way I'd say "This news is worth X" as the media love to report.
Let's just say: a positive impact :) Title: Re: What could happen if, lets say, Google Wallet start using Bitcoin? Post by: NikolaTesla on April 14, 2013, 06:18:04 PM I actually think this is quite possible. Bitcoin is popular in Silicon Valley, and Google has always been relatively forward-thinking.
Title: Re: What could happen if, lets say, Google Wallet start using Bitcoin? Post by: notme on April 14, 2013, 08:17:13 PM I actually think this is quite possible. Bitcoin is popular in Silicon Valley, and Google has always been relatively forward-thinking. Their objection all along has been legal concerns. Perhaps they will have their lawyers take a fresh look at it now that the FinCen guidelines are out. Title: Re: What could happen if, lets say, Google Wallet start using Bitcoin? Post by: revans on April 14, 2013, 08:40:41 PM There isn't a chance in hell of Google adopting Bitcoin or any other major corporation; dream on bozos.
Title: Re: What could happen if, lets say, Google Wallet start using Bitcoin? Post by: bb113 on April 14, 2013, 08:42:32 PM There isn't a chance in hell of Google adopting Bitcoin or any other major corporation; dream on bozos. I've noticed your posts. What interests you about bitcoin enough to post here? Title: Re: What could happen if, lets say, Google Wallet start using Bitcoin? Post by: revans on April 14, 2013, 08:44:42 PM There isn't a chance in hell of Google adopting Bitcoin or any other major corporation; dream on bozos. I've noticed your posts. What interests you about bitcoin enough to post here? I think it now stands as little more than a sinister scam Title: Re: What could happen if, lets say, Google Wallet start using Bitcoin? Post by: bb113 on April 14, 2013, 08:47:57 PM There isn't a chance in hell of Google adopting Bitcoin or any other major corporation; dream on bozos. I've noticed your posts. What interests you about bitcoin enough to post here? I think it now stands as little more than a sinister scam I disagree but I suppose that makes sense. People just need to move out of gox. Title: Re: What could happen if, lets say, Google Wallet start using Bitcoin? Post by: myrkul on April 14, 2013, 08:51:32 PM I say this because Google is already paying to some of their engineers to develop bitcoinj (https://code.google.com/p/bitcoinj/), and Google Wallet is not taking on Paypal's market... One engineer's personal projects != paying some of their engineers to develop it. They give everybody a chunk of time every week where they can work on personal projects. If you look at the commit logs, you will see exactly 3 @Google addresses. 1 has submitted a single patch to allow a different build system, one has merged 2 small features, and the last is Mike Hearn, who created the project. Only Mike is consistently working on it , and he is averaging less than one commit per day since the project started. Title: Re: What could happen if, lets say, Google Wallet start using Bitcoin? Post by: pera on April 15, 2013, 12:43:53 AM There isn't a chance in hell of Google adopting Bitcoin or any other major corporation; dream on bozos. I've noticed your posts. What interests you about bitcoin enough to post here? I think it now stands as little more than a sinister scam no.. really, i would like to know who is paying to all those new users.. Quote Name: revans full-time job! :DPosts: 114 Position: Full Member Date Registered: 11-04-2013, 09:38:25 |