I think I know easier way than the way you mention. we can convert our bitcoin into fiat by selling those bitcoins in a local online exchanger like vip.bitcoin. so the money will be transferred into your friend's account. rather than sending messages to bank.

do you have traditional things from your country or unique things? I think you can buy that stuff by 0.2 bitcoin, and then you can sell those stuff here in goods section, I think it is a simple business you can run by that amount of bitcoin.

we know nothing about satoshi nakamoto.

probably one of bitcoin users has meet satoshi but probably he does not know it.

satoshi is assumed as one person, but we do not know whether it is right or not.

the thing is, we do not really know his identity. that's all.

actually I am experiencing it and I see the other people who are experiencing it too. well, we find it difficult to find a job in real because we are required to have a high education, while we find it not difficult to earn bitcoin from a signature campaign and trading. I mean it is difficult for the first time, but as long as we keep learning it, it will be easier.

yeah, bitcoin is never been hacked. I mean bitcoin itself. while bitcoin in someone's address can be stolen. but it does not mean bitcoin, the system, can be hacked. but it does not mean that bitcoin is safe 100%. we do not know what the weakness of bitcoin.

that is nice. so there are more things we can buy by using bitcoin. I think selling giftcatds is not a bad idea since there are people who use and buy it.

I just want to ask, how much they cost for 400 merchants as you bought?

I agree. I think running a full nodes will not be that expensive. even if the cost of running full nodes will be expensive, I think bitcoin will be still decentralized system by the mining and something else. so just keep calm. everything is gonna be okay.

it is right. you can know that by seeing this forum. there are a lots of people of USA and Europe. there is a poll thread about bitcoin users that ask where they are from. and I see there are a lot of people from USA and Europe.

yes it is.
Bitcoin is a consensus network that enables a new payment system and a completely digital money. It is the first decentralized peer-to-peer payment network that is powered by its users with no central authority or middlemen. (from : bitcoin.org)

while the other payment is centralized.

 Centralization of authority means the power of planning and decision making are exclusively in the hands of top management while in the case of Decentralization , the powers for the same has been disseminated by the top management to the middle or low-level management.

in order to get an accurate answer and then compare how much bitcoin you have and members of this forum, I think you need to change the question first. when you ask "Who here on Bitcointalk has the MOST bitcoin?", people even do not know whether they are those who have the most bitcoin. just ask the amount of bitcoin people have. so you will know whether you have most bitcoin than others.

that's a good expreience, do not gamble then.

well, if you are serious on bitcoin, you need to learn about it first. I myself learn bitcoin from a friend and by reading a lots of threads here. then if you have considered what way you will do to earn bitcoin like trading, mining, signature campaign, etc, you can read threads about it, google it, or even ask questions here.

nice information. OP you can get information about how many wallets have been created by the links of blockchain and coinbase above.

if you want to know how many people use bitcoin by seeing those addresses, you can calculate it, but do not forget to consider there are a few people who use more than 1 wallet, and those who do not use the old wallet. but it would not be the exact result.

yeah. if the private key is changed into digital, the name of paper wallet does not mean anything then.

but I like the idea that we need the copy of our private keys. that is right, but just try to keep it offline.

probably yes. $900 is high for me. I will keep using bitcpin then.

 but I am not so sure that the speculation will be right because as long as I use bitcoin, I never see the price was stable in a long period of time.

if you want to make this idea works, I think the insurance should socialize about bitcoin first before giving the contract, and of course to the family all.

I think it is a good idea. you can try it, but probably you will need to explain more about bitcoin to the company first.

I'm ot really sure how much bitcoin I have.

I store them by converting them to fiat because I find it difficult to buy something via bitcoin here. but I ever buy a thing by bitcoin. only 3 or 4 times via online.

haha. that is so funny. I sometimes see that students you are talking about. after all I wonder how the result was. I hope this one will give us a result.

well let's see the survey.

anyway OP, what major are you? is this for your undergraduate study , postgraduate or what?

signature campaign does not insist on a skill, but it requires a knowledge because you cannot post something when you do not know what the topic being talking is.

beside that signature campaign is the transparant way to earn bitcoin you can see in this forum. you can earn bitcoin by trading, mining, but you cannot see the ways here.

I agree that a few people cannot take care their own private keys, but trusting banks to save copy of your private keys is terrible. you know, when banks save your fiat, they lend it to the other people and get interest. I think they would do the same thing. and that's against bitcoin rules.

a few people do gambling to earn more bitcoins, but I think it will spend coins more than earn them.

I myself just convert my coins to fiat when I need money to buy things. easy peasy jappaneesee.