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I wanted to hear some suggestions and opinions about this , what's the real effect of Bitcointalk on Bitcoin ?
I personally don't think that Bitcoin would be that successfull as it is now if there was no Bitcointalk and a good community that answer our questions .
Also I think that if Bitcointalk goes down (like .. for ever) Bitcoin will probably go down too and lose a lot of users . I know I know you will probably say there is Alternatives like Reddit or other forums but they aren't good as Bitcointalk .

Anyway let me know what do you think about this . [ Added a poll too ]

you mean answering to the same troll that is making tons of sockpuppets?

If it goes down with /r/bitcoin, then we may have a problem, but then again one goes down 2 pop up...

with the last downtime there was a small pump actually, so i don't think that this forum is so crucial for the value of bitcoin

there are other good sites that are spreading news about bitcoin, like coindesk, if one want to find something about bitcoin there is always google

but it is still our nerd house, the best one i would say

No. This is just a messageboard. Bitcoin is bigger than a forum. There are plenty of other discussion boards and if bitcointalk did go down for good (not sure why it would) then another would just rise up to take its place.

How in the world CoinDesk would be helpful with anyway possible ?
It's just a simple blog , it just give you informations and there isn't really away exchange , trade , ask about scam websites / Mining gears etc or any other newbie questions .
Also pretty sure that /r/Bitcoin dosen't get the traffic that Bitcointalk is getting . not even close . the problem with Reddit is the design .. it's simply screwed up and your eyes burns when you start browsing

It would have no effect.  There are other forums, many of them exact clones of this one, pooping up all over the place.  If this one goes down people will just gravitate somewhere else.

Voted for first option. I wont be supporting Bitcoin if there is no opportunity to earn ~40 dollar per month - signature campaign. Other than signature campaign, the only sources of my Bitcoin is faucet and cloud mining. Without signature campaign payment, I wont be able to buy cloud mining power. Thus.. just faucet if there is no Bitcoin.

If I only manage to earn a few cents per week and.. ~50 cents per month.. I rather invest my time on other things.

IIRC during the 2 last downtimes the BTC price went slightly up. Assuming the price movement can be any indicator of whether BTC is/isn't doing fine, then it seems that this forum doesn't have much impact on Bitcoin.

Yes, it's great to have a dedicated forum with such large number of registered accounts. But if it ever goes down for good, plenty of other forums will pop up to fill the void.

Edit:


Are you aware that there are thousands of other ways of earning money? You could earn BTC directly or earn fiat and convert.

If you're honestly here only for the sole purpose of earning your $40/month, then you should consider other options of getting income (part-time, min wage job maybe?).

Bitcointalk is just a small part of BTC world. There are many other forums, there's reddit and there are also bitcoiners which don't care to read any of them.

I think bitcointalk helps with the growth of bitcoin as a whole but not that bitcoin cannot exist without it.  While bitcoin has an activity community, there are many people who use bitcoin but do not use the forum. If the forum would go down, a lot of people would move to a new forum.

The forum was down recently, you cnanot see a major effect on the price in the chart. https://blockchain.info/charts/market-price (https://blockchain.info/charts/market-price)

Really?  Is this a serious question?  These forums are awesome, I really like it here.  But bitcoin has grown so much.  There are numerous news sites, blogs, forums, etc out there now.  If this one went down it would make zero difference in the grand scheme of things.

It would be weird to see a crash happen after bitcointalk gets deleted. I would be disappointed tho, this is the only forum I'm active on regarding bitcoin, so for me personally it would change up routine and comfort.

But didn't all those websites that you are speaking about became famous because of Bitcointalk ? Faucets , some Shops , Gambling etc ... ?
That's why I think btctalk played a huge part on the growth of bitcoin .

Bitcointalk maybe growing in terms of user base and overall activity but in term of forum software it is still the same old forum like it used to be 5 years ago.
I like the idea that we can find a lot of information and announcements in one place tho and I bet people here don't like reddit weird structure that is why they are here to begin with.

No because Bitcointalk is not Bitcoin.

This.

Every time I have seen bitcointalk go down the price goes up. No idea why, maybe the signature campaign people are not cashing out their money.

Of course not. Most Bitcoin users are not even on bitcointalk, or at least not heavily involved.

I haven't seen any price increase when the forum went down the other day.
It's actually lower now but I am guessing that has to do with Gavin's announcement.

Before it went down price was $235. Then when it came back up:

i don't think now bitcoin is growing more strong and have much media coverage a lot of positive news about bright future, with its adoption around the globe and acceptance by big merchants so now it doesn't matter what is going on bitcointalk as i think i doesn't impact on it. 

it wouldnt affect bitcoin that much, the most it would do is eliminate a way for many people to earn bitcoin through signature campaigns though. In the long run, services would lose a place to advertise, and we might see a decline in the use of bitcoin related services

this thread makes zero sense because this forum was down alot already. bitcoin doesn't care.

Any goods need advertisement, any investment goods need promotion, any currency needs to trade. Bitcoin owns these features, so  bitcointalk can promotes as an kind of advertisement, promotion and trade information.

Another forum would simply take the lead. Bitcoin would be just fine.

if bitcointalk goes down it doesn't have any effect on bitcoin.
if anything is about to happen as a result, only price might become a little bit more stable since people are going to be less exposed to troll posts and panic sell/buy causing posts.
also if bitcointalk goes down for good, another forum lets say bitcointalk 2.0 will popup and takes it's place and in matter of days we see the same stuff there...

a fork  :o !

Satoshi founded BCT and the current admin has the private keys to Bitcoin's alert system. That makes Bitcointalk the official community of Bitcoin, so I don't think it can die.

Yeah but it was at around $235 for quite a while.
If anything, the forum going down didn't affect the price at all (or until the recent Gavin news).

Which goes to prove what I also think.
That the forum doesn't really have any effect on the price.
The developers on the other hand, do have effect, which is quite normal I would say.



That is quite an interesting statement.
I do have a few thoughts on that matter though.

When we say official, then it means it comes from an authority.
Which is what makes it official.

Isn't the whole point behind Bitcoin to eliminate central authorities?
But if we do eliminate this central authority, will Bitcoin survive?

Bitcoin will only go down if the internets go down. So please do not push that button mister internetpresident!

So no, bitcoin is in no way related to this forum, the community behind this forum will not just vanish because of the server going down. We will find a new place to blabber about coins, there are tons of other places allready, not so centralised and crowded as this one, but it is only a place we chatter, some income comes from this forum, but we will find a way if necessary.

Even if it goes down, you will still have cache of this site stored somewhere else.
Some of the oldest BBS's are still archived on other sites. The biggest influence it would have, could be the immediate answers you get from a wealth of experienced users, centered in one place.
These users might not join a new forum, if BCT goes down permanently. They would just use their accounts on Reddit, to continue the discussions.   

the world of bitcoin is soo big and this forum or any others forum just help us to know more about this cryptocoin
i see that bitcoin will goes up in the future

No, if the forum dies, (which it will not because I reckon they are doing great financially and it's an huge forum) someone else would capitalize on the lack of a big Bitcoin forum and create it again. As long as there is Bitcoin, there will be a forum.

bitcoin is not running on bitcointalk forum! so forum going down has nothing to do with bitcoin.
besides if goes down there are always other places that are active and will become active. and people will migrate there. like reddit sub /r/bitcoin or other crypto related forums.

If we talk about current situation then I will say Bitcointalk does not has any effect on Bitcoin.At the early stage of Bitcoin this forum was very very important and it did its role in success of Bitcoin but that time has passed.Bitcoin has its own recognition and value to sustain itself.

It wont affected bitcoin at all when bitcointalk is down or shutting down or whatever happened. The point is people use this forum just to share anything that have a connection to bitcoin including the price but this forum doesnt asking people to buy or to sell the bitcoin, it is your own choice when you do the trading, most posts here is just some speculation so it wont affected any bitcoin price

Maybe it just can make little effect on Bitcoin, because we can make another forum. The best thing is, we need a forum as our discussions place for bitcoin development. If no any forum, we can't communicate each other and share what the news about bitcoin.

I voted nope.
Although Bitcointalk was a major player in the early days,
bitcoin itself grew enough to be independent.
It spread over the internet forums and it is recognized  as the number one digital currency.

However imagine a reversed scenario.
What happens to bitcointalk if bitcoin gets down?
Bitcointalk wouldn't have a reason to exist.

the forum has enough funds to host the site for a very long time too, its unlikely the site will die out anytime soon

I've seen this forum down twice. Did it have any effect on the price of bitcoin? I just don't know because I haven't thought of checking that there could be any relation between the two. A board and a currency are 2 very different things. I don't understand how one could affect the other.

Not direct effect like the other factors, but it's a part of the community. A fair amount of BTC users use this forum and act accordingly and their different actions have some effects on the bitcoin price movement at some level. That's my opinion.

Im sure there are many BTC holders/ casual users that never venture onto this site... just like there are BTC non holders/rare users who are on this site frequently... some btc users may join this site get the comfort they need as beginner it BTC then slowly stop using it except rare thing... also there are other ways to figure out and if this site went down, another would be soon to pop up

Although not necessary for the survival of Bitcoin, I think there are a few unique threads on this forum that would be a great loss if no one backed them up. So, not crucial but great to have around.

When I say affect on Bitcoin I don't mean the price at all . I mean either it dies or stays alive . (more users , no users at all)
All my questions are answered on this forum and same goes for a lot of newbies im sure , Advertising of Exchange websites and the Gambling websites [ Bit-x , DaDice , PrimeDice etc ... ] first in Search Engines when you ask any question about BTC , almost every question are answered here . I know if it goes down eventually someone else will open a new website however if all the data on this website are lost .. it would be a huge loss for the Bitcoin community and that would probably decrease users .
I respect and I know it's their opinion but it's weird how most of people disagree and voted for "no"  :'(

just dead links alone from the site going down would have an impact i reckon

It would have an impact but Bitcoin's life doesn't depend on it. It's a very important forum with main Bitcoin developers posting, so this means it's basically backed up by millionaires.. no need to worry about nothing.

I know you feel :D
Yes you right, most all question about bitcoin is here, but mostly information have back-up already in bitcoin wiki ;D
i think this forum have an effect for people want to know and adopt bitcoin(not for bitcoin price of course).


~iki

IMO some threads here sometimes affect the price. People follow the technical analysis threads and often make decisions to buy or sell based on the advice given in them. I don't think they move the market in a big way, but enough people take advice from them to move the market in a small way.

Nope,Other forum would go up and it would occupy its site, bitcoin is not related to bitconitalk and it will keep working without it or without any forum

I think Bitcointalk has effect on Bitcoin when we talk about usual and little investors.This forum has played its role like launching pad and has provided unshakeable support to Bitcoin in darkdays.Still people come to Bitcointalk to find technical issues and to know latest updates and news about Bitcoin.We must not see this effect just to price, that is other things.

Bitcointalk is very nice support tool for BTC. However, as with everything else, if BTCtalk would go down, there would be simply some other forum to fill their shoes.

I think if this forum went down it would make a big difference a lot of businesses which soley advertise or operate here would go under and that can have a long lasting effect on the bitcoin economy

I don't think it has much affect at all, for the same reason people dont go to a $ or £ forum. I'd imagine most people using bitcoin in the future would never of even heard of this forum. Not complaining though, I still seem to spend of lot of time here ;)

to expand on my previous reply i dont think it will die because of the forum going down but i believe the price will be driven down quite a bit due to businesses losing out but not die outright.

Without this forum, Bitcoin would do pretty good, as it is doing now...

If this closed down (I hope it never closes) another forum would surely pop up!

another note on this... is that it would have a good impact to have the site down soemtimes, because you will not see all the troll spreading fud anymore, this should help the price to go up


the price rised a bit, like i said above, is maybe because you want see all those newbie with their trolling fud attemps

yes you are right there are many more places to discuss and talk but the reality is the people are getting paid here for the discussion and that is the reason people are very much active on this forum if there would be any other place where people would earn more they would switch over there.

Only this here is the original forum. Founded by the founder of Bitcoin for people interested in Bitcoin. All others are just followers. If this forum shuts down, there must be something going wrong with Bitcoin. Even when hundreds of other sites pop up, it would not be the same.

C'mon guys, this forum already wrote history. The 10000BTC pizza was not bought on cryptocointalk.

This forum used to be so dominate that a couple of posts (and a nice chart) telling people why Bitcoin was "ready to rally again" could cause an instant reaction at MtGox. You don't have to believe me, but I saw it more than once.

Nope there are no threads that affected bitcoin price as well. The technical analysis is only just some speculation, everyone knows it and the decision of

buying and selling doesnt depends on that thread it is based on you not from some speculation. This whole forum have nothing to do with the price up or

down, it depends on their market itself

I never bought anything online with my own money - digital or physical item. I invested zero in Bitcoin. I'm making a monthly income of ~40 USD per month without the need to invest anything - just a few hours daily. I think it is a good way deal for me.

Bitcointalk's main role out here is to educate people who are new about bitcoins. Also the community is so great .
Also many speculation posts help to get an idea on what's going to be the trend of Bitcoin prices.
Also marketplace allows P2P trades which builds bond between users. Nice Concept. Theymos is an awesome guy too.

The general mood of Bitcointalk community is that we are in something big, something that can really shake things up.  Bitcoin is just one baby.

Bitcoin wouldn't die but this place has definitely helped promote bitcoin. It's also a great place to find information and also promote or have a base for your bitcoin business.

affects for good ,Bitcoin would not be so popular without btctalk
btctalk is still one of the best ways to get up to date information on most subjects linked to Bitcoin.

agree bitcoin has much popularity from bitcointalk...if you need to work on any area in the field bitcoin bitcointalk is the place where you will most of the users. Every bitcoin program success depends on bitcointalk. Thanks

I think Bitcoin would actually do much better without Bitcointalk.

if bitcointalk will close its doors for whatever reason then other forums will take everything over. bitcointalk has no impact on the price. what you say is complete nonsense.

I think Bitcointalk is helping effecting bitcoin.
Bitcointalk is a place where thousand eye gather. Because of that some company or dice site , dare enough to advertise through this forum as we known as signature campaign. When I got bitcoin it means I'm holding bitcoin. When someone hold bitocoin, bitcoin's price also can be effect.

Without bitcointalk, I think there will be a quite drop of bitcoin price.

lol

The forum would have helped initially with Bitcoin but now it has expanded and taken on a life of it's own, I know it would survive quite easily without the forum as great as the forum is. 

People here have this idea that bitcointalk = bitcoin.
All the whales and big bitcoin holders, they are not active here.
We are all by small fish in ocean.
Ofcause news spread from here and new shitcoins comes to life.
But to belive that bitcointalk dictate the life of bitcoin would be naive.

Its true that there are thousand eye gathering here and wait some good information that what they should do about their bitcoin. Are they gonna sell or not? No this forum is telling to sell are you really going to sell it? Please answer it for yourself. With this forum exist we just can maintain our stack of bitcoin so it does not affected bitcoin price anyway since the biggest player of bitcoin is from china so I dont think this will do some effect to bitcoin price itself

of course there many significant discussions in Bitcointalk forum. is an awesome place to find out what is going on in the global Bitcoin community

the effect of bitcointalk on bitcoin can not be denied. there are a lot of new people who come here everyday to learn more about bitcoin and get involved.

also there are a lot of businesses running here. different goods and digital goods are being sold here. all the different coins official announcements are here.

but if it goes down for good, it would be a tragedy but it is not the end of the world. all of this would be distributed between other forums until one of them becomes popular.

im over a year new to the bitcoin world and yes , it influence me

The effect of bct to bitcoin is sure good enough but that is just limited to only to some speculation not the price not the movement or everthing. So it wont

affect so much to bitcoin whether there are some speculation or not

There's no doubt in my mind that this forum has benefited bitcoin and those who use bitcoins.  This forum provides a means for commerce and is a huge social venue that has connected many people rather they be experts or are just starting out learning about bitcoin.

However, it's also a microcosm of the larger world in that things aren't always good.  There are criminals looking to scam and they are successful which can also be of detriment to the actual value of bitcoin.  I think this last point is something that's lost on immature criminals.  Fiat is established and can take a heist here or there.  But you take something like Mt Gox and well... you see the result.  Bitcoin is much more volatile and susceptible to negative price trends as a result of criminal activity rather that be here in the forums or in a real exchange.

I disagree, this forum has been a big part in getting a lot of people that are already into bitcoin answers tha cant find elsewhere, problem is there is just so man trolls now, ignore them and you will get the right answer to just about any btc problem you may be having.

As for Reddit, many members of this forum hate reddit and all the stand for so enough said on that.

it is actually the opposite way around, if btc died the forum would die not the forum be able to kill a currency

Who talking about the forum killing btc?
If btc died the bitcointalk forum would die, no shit.
Im guessing your just posting crap for your sig payments.

actually no im replying to the thread with my thoughts.... i dont even keep track of it like that, but glad you are worried about me

There is no way this forum has even a small impact on the price currently trading.  How could it when individuals are trading in large ass qualities every hour on the blockchain?  I am sure it does have an impact but it is very minimal.

Yeah, and there would be nothing stopping other forums from popping up if there continues to be enough people that want to talk about it.

I would think the forum has a very small impact on the actual price of bitcoin.