Bitcoin Forum

Iwant to know your opinion briefly. Consider tthat common people want easy to use things, common people don't know a lot of technology, common people use apple because android is to complicated and dangerous. So I am talking of this kind of people. Why should they use bitcoin? what would be their real advantage (and saving few dollars in bank fee is not so big advantage)? how would they use bitcoin? in which kind of transaction would they have a real benefit over actual systems so to use bitcoin? 

People should use Bitcoin if they have a need to do so, or can benefit in doing so with little cost (effort, time, monetary etc).

As the technology becomes more popular, more applications are created and more merchants accept the payment, you will see a reduction in some of the cost as previously defined.

Right now, if people don't know much about Bitcoin, or whether it can benefit them then they shouldn't use it - though they should be educated in an engaging manner.

I personaly think the whole idea of average joe using bitcoin is bad.
Bitcoin should be a privilege asset, like gold, for storing value, not as an everyday spending money..

Also, when u think about average american's inteligence, can you honestly say that its a good idea?
They would all get their wallets stolen in a matter of days.

Cheers

Yup, as with many assets, Bitcoin's safe keeping requires the consideration and means. With banks we have comfort in that they are responsible for keeping the backing of our money safe, and that they should guarantee its safe keeping, at least up to a given figure per account.

Just as with a nice car, you might want to consider storing it in a garage with cameras, an alarm, immobiliser etc.

Whenever we have something of value, we need to consider its safe keeping, and with Bitcoin that presents a problem to the "average Joe" at the moment in time. But it goes further, Bitcoin's volatile market price is off-putting to many people.

common people didnt use the early internet too. so just wait and watch  :D

Why they should:
One-world view toward the flow of money. Without borders, ridiculous fees and delays.

Why they shouldn't (the average joe):
Because it has no consumer protection.
Because they don't yet understand how to keep it secure.

because common people need to learn to ignore drug laws too, and buy shit online they normally wouldn't (like meth).

we are currently still at the innovator/early adopter stage, the infrastructure is growing, its not quite there yet for 'granny and little pete' to use.

everyone is trying hard to get bitcoin to solve all transaction types. but right now bitcoin does solve the 'paypal' payment scenarios. where instead of sending funds to a businesses username/email. bitcoin send funds to someones QR code/address.

it solves alot of credit card and wire transfer case transactions too.

but i find that people are trying to make it so that it solves human interaction issues too. where for instance people scan a Qr code for a table number (becomes a message) EG "Starbucks store number 99887 table number 12" and then customers scans QR codes of each item of coffee, snack they want. and it forms a multisend transaction EG:

1CAf3L4te3xtracr3amblahblahblah
1Bagle3xtraCr5tyblahblahblah

.. there are many many ways to impliment it so that customers dont have to wait in lines at a cashiers desk just to make an order, but do it from the comfort of a table they spotted on their way in. and to be honest this human interaction is not what bitcoin is about. bitcoin is just the payment mechanism and the bitcoin-core team DO NOT have to even contemplate how people will use bitcoin. that is for individual businesses to develop. as a layer ontop of bitcoin. not bitcoin itself.

after all, people do wire transfers daily, but find BUSINESSES such as mastercard make it easier, its the same money going around (FIAT) but its what businesses do with it and how businesses accept it that make the difference

so in short relax. bitcoin has better usefulness then paypal, credit cards and wire transfer. all that is needed now is the infrustructure around bitcoin to develop before joe public see the benefits.

The answer to these questions will require you too do some research, it is much larger than the space of this thread and what people will be able distill into several hundred characters for you. The questions you pose are very open ended as well.

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So they won't have to remain common people in the Bitcoin future.

why should common people use bitcoin?
I think average people will use Bitcoin in the future because it will become mainstream for buying and selling digital goods and services, not regulated by the government but users, very simple to use, self control etc.

Why does anyone want to use it? the benefits speak for themselves.

Common people? As with all technology it is first adopted by a select few who are in the know, but once it becomes mainstream these 'common people' will all wish they took the time to try understand or use the technology. I don't think bitcoin is even that complicated to use, but I realise that it seems to at first, but as with all tech that is a barrier people need to overcome.

Common people should use bitcoin to make me richer.

I jest... I don't have that much really, I only have what has been paid to me for stuff I sold which isn't that much as I don't sell a lot.

The common people should should use bitcoin because there is a serious problem with the banking industry, at least in the US.

In the US we have freedom of speech but that only protects us from government.

Adult content sites are being told to take down some content or they lose credit card processing.

I'm not talking obscene content -

These payment processing companies will scan for the word "golden" because of "golden shower" and the word "force" because of rape.

When they find it, they don't give a rats ass about the context. The site could be talking about Golden Eagles and Market Force.

All they care about is that their scan of the adult site hit those words.

So the sites have to change their content or lose credit card processing abilities. Interesting some sites don't, so I suspect there are some payoffs happening.

But anyway, point is if you control the flow of money - you have the power, and I believe that power belongs with the people and not the 1%ers that run the banking industry.

With companies like Circle coming there will be a safe and easy for for people to begin to use bitcoin.

It looks like using Circle will be similar to having a bank account. I'm curious as to how it will actually work out. I think they are just starting their beta now.

I am still awaiting my invitation from them. Has anyone gotten one yet?

These "common people" of which you speak are not going to be using bitcoin until it becomes equally or more popular to use than dollars. The Dollar will have had to have taken a huge hit and become nearly worthless. These "common people" are the kinds of people that didn't have the internet until everybody had the internet.

Also it is necessary to broaden your horizons and realize that "common people" refers to more than one country. The "common person" in America is very different that the "common person" in Mexico or Africa, and they would have much more incentive to use Bitcoin than the American "common person". For instance the "common person" in Mexico may have a relative in America who wants to send him/her money, with bitcoin this is trivial, with fiat there are hoops to jump through, and as you well know, the "common person" avoids hoops at all costs.  ;)

You could say the same about the internet in the early days, what kind of geek would memorize all these IPs?  ;D

Because some common people in some parts of the world are holding a currency that is depreciating everyday and/or their life savings are going to be taxed.

I personally think that common people shouldn't be using BTC as of now.
Not until a lot of major stores similar to dell start accepting BTC.

But it saves time, and there are less transaction fees.
Those are the 2 popular arguments.

I agree that bitcoin is like gold in it's early days.
At one point of time, people spent gold like money. I see that as how bitcoin is today. Someday bitcoin will hopefully be like gold, a great storage for money to increase in the future.

"Common people" pay 20-30% remittance fees to vile companies like Western Union when they want to send money home to their families in home-country.

With bitcoin they pay less than 1% fees.

Common people still didn't hear about Bitcoin so this is the biggest issue now.
Still we have to help and advertise Bitcoin to the merchants so that common people can see benefit of using bitcoin, for buying different products and services but also we should show that bitcoin can be good investment in the future, better than US dollar :)

When bitcoin adoption will be completed, its usage will be fast and easy enough to be used by all the common people, but now it isn't so.

At this point common people should use it as a currency to purchase things from companies that either

1) only accept BTC
2) offer significant discount for paying with BTC

Or

If they need to send money internationally, and cannot wait for a bank wire, or do not want to pay the fees.


Common people probably shouldn't invest in BTC, unless they can stomach the swings in prices.  Or if they have a very good amount of disposable income, so it wouldn't affect them all that much to be up or down money on any given day.

Great question. Theres alot of positives and alot of negatives. Positives outweigh the negative.

they should not.

Why use bitcoin? Because the banksters have us in a headlock. Time to fight back. With Cryptocurrency in general.

because it is modern

Save for retirement, and purchase software/games subscription online in another country

Actually the virtual economy is the place it should be used, since it is on the internet without border