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What Would Make People Gain Much More Interest in Bitcoin?

- Full acceptance by PayPal?
- Interest from Apple?
- Centralised, safe exchange?

What do you think bitcoin needs for the major interest worldwide?

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Well then, what would make people gain much more interest in bitcoin?

Make it fun. Try not to convince people based on the idea that it can be used as investment. Not everybody, i mean seriously not everyone is interested when they hear that. Instead put focus on facebook. If people post some interesting link or funny pictures or even jokes, tip them and have them know about bitcoin.

1. Stable. Merchants will not take the risk of falling coin.
2. Safe. Big reliable payment processors, insurance against scams.
3. Simple. A way to use it as simple as the credit cards. No multi sig, no 100 chr password or account to type, no odd software that can be cloned by a scammer to steal your coins.

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Stable.

But, if we talk about stable.. we need decentralized exchanges.  ;D

*Still driving

There already are centralized exchanges.
I think you mean decentralized

Let's be honest, to make it popular, bitcoin needs crazy valuation growth like seen in the end of 2013. Just look at Google Trends data for "bitcoin" during that period. That's the proof.

That is very true, we need a major increase in price for anyone to invest in the currency.

For bitcoin to become more popular it should be more stable than what it is now I think.

Lost of confidence in fiat currencies.

I can't see how this will be even possible when all the big corporations take big credits from the banks to cover expenses and annual losses in profit to stay in business.

More consumer killer applications come out and ppl can't live without bitcoin!

Stability is the key.

I am happy and I'm sure others too when we have only 1 global exchange thus 1 orderbook.

when people can easily have it and use it. And realize that Bitcoin is really better and cheaper than alternatives.

Now people either don't even try or when try and find it not useful because the acceptance is low, so they think that Bitcoin is worse and more expensive than paypals and credit cards

It is lacking the support from the gov. If the gov is open and further more support it. Ppl has no concern of adopting it.

when facebook would add it or whats app.

but in the end the answer is: Time.

one word: profit

When people can make profit, they'll run for it. When it's unprofitable like last year they don't care. Nobody is interested in loosing investements.

None of things that you just said , People won't get interessted on this digital currency unless they stop thinking on it as a currency for Illegal things only & think of it as scam/fraud . It dosen't matter how much company start accepting it .
Time will change the look of people to Bitcoin & time only ;D

Education and a complete acceptance from all governments!

For the most part, people are sheep and seek the approval of their government.

Getgems messenger once it's complete and ready to go mainstream.

Those options are a sell out. You just need more people fully converting to crypto but so simple an idiot can use it.

Like this:      https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.getgemsmessenger.app

It's easy... another bubble forming will attract a lot more people. Every bubble has been accompanied by a huge influx of new people getting to know Bitcoin. As soon as the bubble pops, they conclude that they made a mistake, until they realize a new bubble forms a year later. People who are in the game a bit longer recognize this and stay in Bitcoin.

apple accept bitcoin it will really helps a lot people want to buy apps but not a lot people have a credit card .
btc will makes thats all easy

Would hold true if there was a bubble in 2014, but there wasn't.

the last bubble was from end of 2013/start of 2014. And when Gox was collapsing the media talked about BTC almost every day and so.

Anyway if you replace a year later to in some time everything will be right

What Bitcoin needs is stability. There is no reason for the average American to switch to Bitcoin after using fiat for all his life if the value can suddenly reduce by 30 percent in a week. Centralizing the currency is defeating the purpose of it. For Bitcoin to hit mainstream, there has to an incentive to dump fiat for BTC. There isn't much to be perfectly honest. As far as making improvements to start, improve security. Most people don't have computer knowledge to secure a Bitcoin wallet from wallet stealers and thieves. Leaving Bitcoin on exchanges has come to be a problem because of the strict regulation exchanges provide (and sometimes security weaknesses). I love Bitcoin, I just don't believe it's something the general public will adopt.

Currency never to get converted again..could work..though its too early for it.! Would atleast take 4 to 5 years for it to become a super power n world wide recognized.!

If you got the female population fully interested in Bitcoins then you're golden, guys will be buying them bitcoins and etc.

Yes but Bitcoin needs to be seen as a potential alternative to fiat currency and bank accounts which it will as the banks keep stealing more money from the people and the fiat system support dictatorships.

Well there is high levels of unemployment. And there is always little jobs going. Combine the two. Wala - you have a significant proportion of society interested in making some money in BTC. Similar to that 5er website. It's a neutral for BTC price too. Employers buy BTC, employees sell BTC for cash. No downward pressure.

Make it trendy among popular people, it's all that matters. If they see rich famous people using it it will become cool, just like twitter.

- Full acceptance by PayPal?
- Interest from Apple?
- Centralised, safe exchange?

Not these....Keeping Bitcoin in bull market is enough to attract attention.  Money is always the poison for the people. :)