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121  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Announcements (Altcoins) / WorldWideCoin (WWC) Beta testing started. FREE coins! Get on the ground floor! on: September 01, 2014, 10:03:59 PM
WorldWideCoin
It's a currency! Not a security!

Beta Testing now in progress.

Beta testers will receive free several thousand coins each as a reward for beta testing, compared to only 1000 free coins per wallet at launch.

The Early Bird Gets the Worm!!!
122  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: How many BTC users are there around the world and how to increase their numbers? on: May 28, 2014, 07:01:33 PM
There is an easy way to determine the core number of Bitcoin users. Total the number of small time con artists world wide and add the total amount of young idealistic computer literate suckers worldwide. That number will be your core users.

LOL
"Small time con artists"?
The hackers - who allegedly stole hundreds of thousands of Bitcoins from MtGox - were not "small time" by any means!
123  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: How many BTC users are there around the world and how to increase their numbers? on: May 28, 2014, 06:07:15 PM
What do you mean by "Bitcoin Banks"? The whole idea of Bitcoins is, that you don't need a bank.

So... how about we changed "Bitcoin Banks" to "Bitcoin-accepting banks", or "Bitcoin-Friendly Banks"?
Assuming "banks" will never go away.
How about I arrive at a foreign city's airport and I head straight to one of those currency exchange kiosks right there inside the terminal and I exchange some Bitcoins for some local currency?
I then take a taxi from the airport to my hotel, in my pocket, I have:
- my smartphone with the Android Bitcoin wallet, loaded with 15 BTCs
- Some local currency I just got at the exchange kiosk
- A Paypal Mastercard debit card with $1000 in my Paypal account
Which payment do you think the taxi driver will take?
When I get to my hotel, I go to the Reception desk and I have to either pre-pay for my stay or show a debit/credit card.
Unless I have done some research online BEFORE traveling, and found a hotel that accepts Bitcoin (yeah they are out there!!), my payment choices are limited.
124  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: How many BTC users are there around the world and how to increase their numbers? on: May 28, 2014, 01:41:27 PM
Dolan..that is more up to date and has greater info..but its a bu##er to read..is there a link Smiley

Yeah hard to read/interpret.
But I can see from the first 7 lines of data that between 98 and 99% of ALL BTC addresses (not wallets) hold less than 10 BTC each., with about 92% (first line) having zero BTC in them.
Am I reading this correctly?
The table has the key to interesting answers, I will take another more detailed look, when I have some more free time, and try to interpret it.
125  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / How many BTC users are there around the world and how to increase their numbers? on: May 28, 2014, 03:46:08 AM
With regard to this Old Topic, the last post dates back to November 2013 and wild guesstimates ranged from 400K to 1 Million.
Anyone wants to take a stab at this?
More importantly, what would it take to put BTC (or another digital currency) in the hands of hundreds of millions of people around the world to use daily?
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