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I found this post and think the author does a good job of explaining the steps necessary for making Bitcoin more mainstream:

http://thegenesisblock.com/five-easy-ways-you-can-make-bitcoin-a-mainstream-currency/

I'd be interested in hearing your guys' thoughts on these concepts.

The thought of a pensioner loosing his life savings after getting his account sabotaged gives me the cringes, also reminds me of how Moses has led the Jewish people in the desert for 40 years because he claimed God has wanted the generation of slaves to die off because they were not worthy of laying their eyes upon the land of Israel, kinda like the situation we're currently in, ironically.

Also when replying to controversial topics I like to mention that my opinions do not reflect the opinions of the company I work in  :P

You should go to cyprus and see whats going on there. They rob the entire population ;).
Kinda funny that one of my partners then could pay for his salad in bitcoins

I would ditch your Sri Lanka graphic designer if I were you, he's not that talented when it comes to logos, God knows how much he charged you. Also .org domains are weak for casinos. Just giving you a friendly heads up.

Okay, I hate to be "that guy", but I have to correct your Bible history. <biblethumpingrant> God made them roam the desert for 40 years because they did not trust Him. Despite the fact God performed many miracles such as crossing the Red Sea and providing food. They were afraid to take the land because they did not believe they were capable. They didn't believe God would help them, so God said fine I won't, keep roaming the desert. It had nothing to do with them being slaves. </biblethumpingrant>

Now to what you was actually talking about (on topic). Did I miss something about a pensioner loosing his life savings? I read the article, but I don't think that was in there. Would someone like to fill me in?

Funny, I was under the impression that I am 100% correct, oh well..

No pensioner has lost his life savings yet but I think it would be incredibly tragic if it did happen, e.g. one of the old folks hears about this new wonderful technology and decides to try to use it, in the end loosing his private key and ultimately blaming the Bitcoin economy for losing all his savings, you can't really blame the pensioner so the only one to blame in this equation is the Bitcoin economy.

Kinda similar to how a bulimic dies from dnp (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2312986/Sarah-Houston-Banned-slimming-drug-DNP-kills-medical-student-coroner-attacks-online-dealers-target-vulnerable.html) and her parents call on banning the substance altogether, because clearly you can't shift the blame on a young female suffering from a mental illness or teenagers jumping from bridges on shrooms or acid and then they criminalize a whole substance because of it.

okay i hate to be that guy but they couldn't get the weapons from the US to go in and kill the people who were already there. they waited 40 years for the foreign aid to arrive, got tired of waiting, sharpened up some spears and as they say the rest is history

Well, I suppose you are practically correct, but I was just clarifying that they were not worthy because of trust issues. Not because they were slaves.


Okay, sorry for the confusion. I see what you are saying now. Unfortunately many events play out that way. Many people think they are perfect and so are the people they love. I suppose the only defense against that is properly educating people about bitcoins.

P.S. the link should be Kinda similar to how a bulimic dies from dnp (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2312986/Sarah-Houston-Banned-slimming-drug-DNP-kills-medical-student-coroner-attacks-online-dealers-target-vulnerable.html) (you had an extra http:// and "")

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