Buying all the bitcoins in existence would definitely be pointless, because seeing that all the bitcoins are owned by only one entity, people wouldn't look for it and state a value of their liking for them to buy one, even if it's only a dollar. In short, bitcoin would lose its value if it's bought by a single entity. That would be a dumb move to make if you might ask me.

And don't forget that fiat money is also involved in different transnational crimes and illegal activities. Money laundering, drug and human trafficking, any illegal activity that you can think of, also works within fiat. Illegal activities are more evident in fiat compared to bitcoin, and that alone would be pretty discouraging as a user of fiat if you might ask me. But oh well, people have been accustomed in using fiat, and I'm pretty sure that they will have a hard time switching to cryptos sooner or later even though fiat is more tainted with stains of evil.

After all, risks are always inclined with investments and businesses, and the key here is to minimize the risks as much as possible. You can do this by having a diversified portfolio and not focusing your time in one investment only. Altcoins could help you get a big profit, but sometimes it also yields you nothing if you bought in during the dumping phase.

There are gambling games that requires your knowledge and skills to win, and doesn't rely entirely on pure luck. Card games and poker are some examples of these things. You can rake in a large amount of money if you win in this things, and you can also lose big if you didn't take the time to stop playing for awhile and trying to recoup all your losses.

The easiest way to introduce bitcoins to people who doesn't have the knowledge to understand technical stuff is through a casual conversation on how money works; what are the pros and cons of using fiat money and what are the other alternatives on how to send it. Surely, you don't want to shove your idea on someone that doesn't even know how does money works; you first need to help them understand how fiat money works in general. Slowly, you will now tell them things which they think isn't that good in fiat, like the hassles of sending money to other parts of the world, being controlled by banks etc. Then after that, introduce them the basics of bitcoin--how it works, why is it created, and the advantages of it over using fiat money. In time, they will ask you more often on different things regarding bitcoin, and when that time comes, you know that you have done a job well done.

In order to let people know about bitcoins, you don't need to force them on learning this things. Instead, show the pros and cons of fiat and bitcoins as well. Then let them decide which of the two works better than the other. No one wants to accept something that is being forced to them; that's a part of a man's nature.

Exactly. The above-mentioned scenario could drastically increase the demand for bitcoins because companies are using it as wages for their employees. Also, if it sees widespread adoption, using bitcoins as a payment for day-to-day transactions would only be a normal scenario for us.


Illegal activities that happened/is happening in the Deep Web and other places tainted bitcoin's image in the eyes of the people who are not yet involved in this cryptocurrency. It is bad, yes, but still it paved a way for people to search and look upon this currency. Also, we cannot deny the fact that every currency available in this world is tainted by illegal activities and crimes, which I think isn't that far from bitcoins.


Gaming companies could really help bitcoin gain a wide-audience due to the impact of their games in the masses. If in-game items and currencies can be purchased with bitcoins, then there will be another option for hardcore gamers to pay for their top-ups and accessories in-game. Personally (without bias and stuff like that), I would use a payment system that would really help me get my desired items in-game without hassles and issues. The fast transaction that is present within the bitcoin network could help me achieve my goal, and as a gamer, I wouldn't want my games to be delayed by waiting for what I pay for; I would always want to be in every action there is with top-ups that could help me play with ease and advantage over the others, and I think bitcoin would probably help me in that.

PoS coins IMO is a great way to accumulate if you have loads of it. But if some other entity hold your coins for you, well that's a different story. Playing with alts is good; it gives you a lot of knowledge, experience, and moneyif you are lucky.

One way or another, paycoin will become a total disaster in the end, just like any other scamcoins that pulled off the same trick.

Trading is for the experienced user, which I think is still risky even though you know how to play it safe. Even the safest investments could still be fck*d by different scenarios. Also, trading--as you said it--if done right, will net the trader a very decent profit. Gambling on the other hand, is still a no-go if you might ask me. Sure you can generate some pretty good money if you win, but it's only if you win. And gambling can be addictive, which in turn might make the gambler lose all (?) of his/her money if gambling isn't controlled.

Highly unlikely, but still is possible. 5 years is such a long time in the crypto world; a lot of things could possibly happen, even the most improbable ones.

It would be a nice starter to newbies out there but it is not recommended for them to use it in a long-term, as it will slowly clog up their wallet and cause problems on tx fees. (More reference here: http://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/32524/bitcoin-transaction-with-dust-output-stuck)

Signature campaigns will give you a decent amount of BTC but you must avoid spam at all costs for you to not get banned and thus, disabling your earning opportunity.

I see now. Does that mean that any report that I've made that was not handled by the mods wouldn't affect my current accuracy in submitting these reports?

Well I was quite baffled as to how it is calculated, because in the past few days I reported posts that I think were unrelated to the OP itself, and after waiting for several hours, my accuracy is still at 0%. However, I checked it again when I reported another post that is unrelated to the original discussion, and there it is displayed that I am 100% accurate with regards to my reports. So far I have reported 5 posts (and it was an achievement for me, yes) with 100% accuracy.

Not exactly playing it, the faucet is nice and it's been (for me, though I don't use it) great for years. The referral system is the thing that'll get you some pretty nice profit--and that is if you're good at advertising your link and convincing them to join under you. I have seen many people "buying" referral links so as to increase their potential profit on this site.

Seems like your reply isn't related to what OP is stating at all. Off-topic replies can be removed by the mods because it disrupts the progression of a particular topic. If you want to discuss this problem of yours, try creating a new thread in this section.

---

As for the OP, you can't prevent the topic starter on locking his own thread. If he/she feels that the thread shouldn't be commented on, or if the thread's main objective has been fulfilled, he/she can freely lock the thread without anyone interfering him/her by doing so.

You can leave someone a trust feedback even though you haven't deal with them in the past. And also, maybe Vod spotted something suspicious in your sales that's why he left you with such a feedback. He doesn't simply do that to users, he probably got his reasons before taking those actions. Might as well settle this with Vod and convince him to remove the negative feedback, but I don't think he would do it unless you've proven yourself as a legit seller and a trustworthy member of this forum.

$100 seems to be low for 5 years, and I also doubt that we will see single-digits in a span of 5 years. Someone already accepted this bet, but it seems that OP isn't pleased to the terms and conditions. $9.99 is still considered as a single-digit afaik.

The data were from years that have passed. It would be better if someone could do a similar analysis from where this spreadsheet ended.

Trust ratings could be an issue if you want to sell an account. Before selling this account, you must first settle any issues that is linked together with this account. Also, please move this topic to the digital goods section because this isn't the appropriate thread.

Do you mean freebitcoi.in? Well you can actually make a decent amount of BTC in there if you have a solid referral under you. Also, there is a choice on whether you'll play a game to multiply your bitcoins, and I suggest that users shouldn't try it. If you already have the BTC, try to accumulate first before doing such things.

The transfer of value between two points in the world can be done fast via electronic means. However, there is a big difference between the bitcoin and fiat. Fiat requires identification, credentials and other personal details, and the process of confirmation of identity could be long--sometimes it lasts for days, whereas in bitcoin, the user who will send the money only needs to know the receiving address of the person he's going to send to and that's it, the transaction could be processed by miners and displayed in the blockchain, making it public and thus adding to the validity of the transaction that's been done.

---

Blockchain is the technology invented so as to record all the valid transactions that was made inside the bitcoin network.

Creating multiple accounts and joining a signature campaign is kinda dumb if you'd ask me, because honestly, joining in a campaign that is a pay-per-post and doesn't have limits on posting is already a good campaign. Why bother creating multiple accounts and post simultaneously and switch whenever you feel you're done? That seems to be wasting a lot of time. Also, I can see users earn to almost half a bitcoin every week.


True. Why bother creating another account when you can do the same thing in your main account and earn more by focusing in one and only one account? Switching between accounts is a waste of time for me, and you are also taking advantage of the offer, which I think is pretty unkind.

Welp, people can easily be controlled by greed. That has been proven by history a lot of times. As long as there is an opportunity, people will try to take advantage of it.