Bitcoin Forum

Hi everyone,

I started out using Bitcoin in 2013 and have been enjoying the ride so far. I really think Bitcoin will be changing the world and am more excited about the network and the applications of something as powerful as the blockchain rather than simply the price of the bitcoin currency itself.

I feel that the entire idea of a global, public ledger will help the world become more united and usher in a new era of people feeling as if they are citizens of the planet versus just citizens of a specific country or state.

Thanks for reading. :)

I think bitcoin scares the centralized banks and the government, as they can not control and manipulate.  I for see more attempts buy countries to band the currency.

What do the rest of you think?

I have to agree with you. The anonymity and inability for nations or federal banks to control it invokes fear in many nations. However, if Bitcoin manages to garnish more attention by the citizens of those nations ( which I am confident will happen ) the governments, banks, corporations, etc. that fear it must accept it. Despite different forms of government, Democracy, even in its most primitive roots, shall prevail. Even if countries ban Bitcoin, new cryptocurrencies such as Darkcoin and Zerocoin so on and so forth, will permeate the very networks and exchanges they have attempted to eradicate Bitcoin from. It is a near-futile attempt. Long live Bitcoin  ;D

The cool thing is with the blockchain you can track government spending if they was using bitcoins or a like coin. Makes things much more transparent doesn't it. So we know the odds of getting most politicians to approve that is right around 0%. Hopefully more small countries become much more accountable then force the larger ones into with public pressure from seeing the results in other countries.

We can dream can't we lol

Steve

welcome to the forums.
enjoy the kool-aid!

I disagree about public ledger, but you are right it will certainly have its strongpoints.. I guess peopl with nothing to hide will welcome it, and others... well lets just say they wont heh

Agree. The governments have very limited control on bitcoin, and they are certainly not happy about that. :)

I have to agree with Glizlack.

I think the gov'ts and banks want to kill or destroy anything they can not control and profit off of.

Jerry

Hello :)

Thanks for the warm welcome everyone. Glad to be a part of the community.

Welcome to the community!

Welcome :D

Hi there!

I expect cryptocurrency to become very important. And it's great fun too trying to understand how this works.

Thanks everyone! :)

Just posting my BTC wallet address to make sure my account is recoverable in case it is ever hijacked. Advise anyone else who hasn't posted a wallet address that they own yet to do so to protect their account.

18BEi5vPrPPYETiQt5eG9Sjjyt9DHorfYq

You can also send a PM to the user DefaultTrust (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=122551).

Good idea. Here's my address: 1H5a4QBemypd6SBQjKnK76dw4KbmoLicz9

How does posting your address help recover your account in case it is hijacked?

Good question. So the way it works is that if your account was to be hijacked, you would be able to sign a message from your Bitcoin wallet and send that to the board's admins, using the address that you've posted here to prove that you do own that address. Once an admin sees that you do actually own that address, it is obvious that you also own the account and you will be able to get your account back.

The reason we are posting it is because even if the account hijacker was to try to edit/delete the post, the admins still can see the original post that was made and will be able to verify it.

The exact account recovery process is described here. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=497545.0

What i remember from 2013 the bitcoin price are low do you manange to save any bitcoin for your self ?

Interesting. It didn't strike me at first that accounts here could be valuable and could be hacked. Now I see it.

as i know, bitcoin transaction highly anonymous  :o
so it can be use for something criminal  >:(
like funding terorism  :(

That will haunting us at future  :o

I think bitcoin has already changed the world slightly (like making people re-think about the current banking and financial systems), and this is just the beginning. :)

And so some people want more regulations, while some want even more anonymity (eg. DRK).

People are scared of they don't understand. Thus why we see all the negativity from someone whos not into bitcoins. But yes, I also think that in a few years or even maybe months, most of this about btc will be changed. :D

People are also scared of missing out on something they don't understand. :D

It is a fun community.  A lot of us are full of it.  Others do know what they are talking about.

Jerry

maybe if i post on every thread i can finally participate in coin discussions

Yeah, no. I'm sure that would classify as spam and get your posts deleted or have you banned accordingly.

Look for threads that have deeper value, such as ones where you can form discussions and actively talk back and forth with others. That is where you can get real thread value from.

On the other hand, assuming you make constructive posts in every thread, you could actually probably do that. But it depends on how well you formulate your posts. More than a few sentences is a good idea, which are related to the topic.

Posting in a few threads with re-post value can be far better than posting in every single thread that exists.

I like your post.

I like in fact the idea of "unity", and you are write, we don't need to be divided by labels which we HUMANS created, in end, we are all human beings.

This is why your perfectly suited to get into bitcoin!  You'll do well padawan! :)

Welcome.