Bitcoin has proven to be sound as gold/fiat currencies if not more sound. It is faster to move arround, it is backing more than 600 other cryptocurrencies, Its value has increase over the years at an exponential rate and only downside with Bitcoin is that it is deflatory

it will come down to how much.

bitcoin is a currency and like any other currencies like USD,... it is used for a wide variety of reasons by different types of people. if 90% of the usage were for illegal activities then talking about it was justified. but the usage of bitcoin for anything illegal is less than 5% and possibly now it is near 0% because of the fees.

at some point in the past it may have been different though. by the time bitcoin was new and people didn't know that bitcoin is not anonymous and also by the time the real anon coins like Monero were not around or popular. now everyone who wants to do something illegal and remain anonymous either uses USD cash or uses anon coins like Monero.

I'm just a Sr. here in this forum just part of this bitcoin forum, happy to be here for you bitcoins make you but you're not tired of what's happening to the guys who like those situations but many are watching for just a bit of it here. I just want to say what I'm doing here inside this forum I'm joining bounty campaigns and airdrops that are free of charge that you're only free that you're free just like that when it's done here, I sometimes gamble with the free faucet.

The question you brought up about whether governments are considering buying up bitcoins is an interesting one.

It looks like the classic Prisoner's Dilemma problem. All governments would be better off if bitcoin died out, but the first government to initiate a bitcoin-reserve buying program would be in a much better position than other governments if bitcoin does become ubiquitous.

I think in the world of American hegemony we lived in between 1990-2000 there would be no bitcoin buying, but in an increasingly bipolar world of East vs. West that is developing today along with a few fragmented rogue states such as North Korea and Iran, someone will defect and start buying bitcoin which will trigger a cascade of strategic buying.

Disagree about the creation of i-coin though. No nation has enough power to unseat a truly global currency like bitcoin once it becomes ubiquitous, unless they conquer a super-majority of the world.

It's never too late or too early. All that matters is understanding what you are investing in and why. Will BTC outperform the stock market over the next 20 years? If you think so, then it is obviously not too late at all.

As always though, diversification is key. A balanced portfolio should includes multiple asset classes, and as long as BTC is viewed as one of those asset classes then I see no problem with it. Dumping all your savings into BTC and hoping for the best, is obviously not s strategy, but pure speculation.

I'm sure that the price will stabilize, but when I can not say this. This situation strains me strongly

Because is a crypto leading coin and well secure with private key on blockchain family, and is the best so far and accessible in market exchange 24 hours demands and supply in market and secondly Bitcoin is the best to invest and have a great return, and is profitable.  

I agree with you. Now we are all experiencing not the best of times. Demand for bitcoin has fallen, the price is also falling. People are less interested in bitcoin and crypto-currencies. But I'm not worried about this, because I'm sure everything will be fine, for the bitcoin is the future.

Bitcoin still need any promotion it can get and social media is just perfect for that.

It's a good idea to teach your kid as young as this age but make sure that you will monitor your kid consistenly to avoid those things that can harm or influence their mind. But it would be a challenge for us parents. Though as for I got two kids but I prefer to not teach them as of this moment and I haven't thought any approach yet. I just wanted them to make the most of their childhood. But I would still teach them when I think the time is right. Nevertheless, Goodluck in teaching your kid.

Actually, I already spread bitcoin to other by explaining what I know and I get. and many people can accept and enthusiastic.

Probably not as there will be no more supply. It should increase If the demand remains the same/increase. I wouldn't think much about it though, we would be all dead by then.

As long as alam mo ang limitasyon mo walang magiging problema sa kasalukuyang pamumuhay mo. Pwede ka maglaan ng 1-2 oras para sa bitcoin dahil hindi naman nangangailangan ng maraming oras para dito. Silip silip lang sa kung anong price na sya ngayon, ganon lang, hindi naman maapektuhan ang buhay mo basta huwag mo sosobrahan.

Everyone of us might be gone then but bitcoin survives.

It depends parin kung pano mo gagamitin ang crypto. Magiging cause of death talaga to kung aabusuhin mo sarili mo ng kumita ng malaki sa crypto currency. Kung marunong kang mag ingat hindi to magiging dahilan para makasama sayo at nasa tao parin kung pano nila gagamitin ang crypto in a good or bad ways. Kung kumikita ka ng malaki sa crypto make sure lang na ang nakakaalam lang eh yung mga mapagkakatiwalaan mong tao at hindi kung sino-sino.

every investment is risky, do not put all eggs in one basket

The aspects of Bitcoin that would need to be changed for rapid mainstream adoption are not necessarily the ones that I'd like to see being changed.

For example, Bitcoin is a pseudonymous currency. In my view this is a plus. But it would be even better if it were a truly anonymous currency, making financial surveillance by the ruling authoritarians impossible. That however isn't improving the prospect of mainstream adoption, because the governmental control freaks like to do surveillance and will harass and threaten corporations and individuals who do not comply.

So mainstream adoption at all costs is definitely not a desirable goal if it means that Bitcoin's core values are surrendered in the process.

Instead of starting the 1000th altcoin clone, consider contributing to Bitcoin Core if you really have some competence. We don't need yet another premine scam.

ya.ya.yo!

I don't think bitcoin can destroy the world, it is a opposite view of bitcoin. But if we say bitcoin improved economic growth all over the world, I really agree on that, but negative issue of bitcoin business is not a new in bitcoin business, almost everyday there are some forms of negative issues about bitcoin business, maybe because of the rapid popularity and increase of people who access bitcoin that's why a lots of people also wants to destruct the smooth operation of bitcoin.

No. kailangan ng internet para sa kahit ano mang bitcoin transaction kasi isipin mo na lang kapag offline ang bitcoin transaction paano malalaman ng ibang nodes na nagkaroon kayo ng transaction? so hindi malilista yan sa blockchain so parang fake yung mangyayari sa offline transaction na sinasabi mo kung sakali

Ang gusto ko pong baguhin sa merit system ay pagdagdag ng Smerit sa mga bawat ranks halimbawa Jr Memeber - 1sMerit, Member - 3-4 sMerit, Full Member 6-7 sMerit, and so on para makapagbigay naman ang mga Member rank or Jr Member rank sa mga nakatulung sakanila at sa mga magagandang post na meaningful. Isa yan sa ways upang mawala ang mga nagtatanong na kung paano pag naubusan ng sMerit ang lahat ng member so wala ng magbibigay ng Merit ano kaya ang gagawin ng mga forums staff and admins kung naubos ito.