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1  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Bitcoin Adoption Lifecycle on: September 10, 2017, 05:03:59 PM
Hi everyone,
I wanted to check in on where people think we are today.
If this has been done recently please let me know.  My searches only show the original topic that I got the idea from. 
Original topic: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=113606.0

I'll let Adrian-x start it off again.

The adoption lifecycle applies to almost everything from Memes  to technology to business ideas even Bitcoin.

Looking at the injustice that is a result of our current money and economic system, it seems inevitable that a system like Bitcoin is an absolute necessity, and it is propagating according to the Law of Diffusion of Innovations.

My concern for Bitcoin to benefit the masses, (let's say 1/5th of the planet) 1,400,000,000 people; we need at least 15% early adopters to achieve the necessary momentum to trigger a tipping point. (That is about 210,000,000 enthusiasts to use and benefit from Bitcoin before it gets mass market appeal) that = BTC0.1 per person on average.

As the current distribution of Bitcoin stands at the moment Early Adopters were the ones who got in before the 2011 bubble and the new comers are looking like the Early to Late majority.   

The big question is why adopt Bitcoin if the majority of benefit (50% of easy money) has already been distributed?  That kind of limits new comers to Bitcoin to the Late Majority and Laggard status and limiting the total adoption to around 60,000 enthusiasts.

How do I sell the benefits of a fixed currency like Bitcoin when the wealth created by the labour of over a  100,000 people transfers to a single early adopter with a balance of a few thousand coins? 

Simon Sinek has a great TED talk on TED.com on "Why" , people adopt new technologies.

If you haven't read Crossing the Chasm by  Geoffrey Moore it is a good read.

2  Bitcoin / Development & Technical Discussion / Re: Learning to program on the blockchain? on: September 05, 2017, 06:24:49 PM
If you do not have programming experience, it's better to start with the basics: to study the structure and algorithms of programming languages. As a basis to take the language of Java, to understand what object-oriented programming is and forward, in this area, intelligent developers are needed.
What do you guys think the role of Programming Language Theory is for someone learning?  After seeing this comment I looked around and there are some great resources.  I'm thinking now that maybe my problem the last couple times I started was that I didn't have this overview.
3  Bitcoin / Development & Technical Discussion / Re: Learning to program on the blockchain? on: September 01, 2017, 06:43:10 PM
What makes Java easier?  I've heard that I should try it.  I haven't programmed for a very long time, and am part of the generation that was ruined by BASIC.  OOP blows my mind still lol

Java SE is basically C++ but without some things that may produce errors for inexpert programmers like pointers, and with a exception handling system that avoids mistakes for you.

But for enterprise applications Java EE is much more complex than solutions with .Net C#.
I'm a big fan of Java.  I started with Fortran on an IBM 1130, but I really like object-oriented program.  I prefer Java because it solves some of the problems with C++ and it has a rich set of libraries (both standard and third-party).  And, most of the time, you can run a program on multiple operating systems without having to generate system-dependent versions (and JNI is available for those situations where you need to directly access system functions).

You can look at my GitHub projects if you want some examples.
Oh right, I forgot how complicated variables can get.  So it makes things easier, that sounds good.  I'll need all the help I can get.  Do you feel at all pigeon holed, though?  I see Java as being closely intertwined with web development.  That may be ideal for me depending on what direction I go. 
Back to OP's question about development around bitcoin centered ideas and using blockchain technology.  Is Java the best in this case?  For instance, a person decides to make a program that uses a blockchain for their local municipality that takes care of some problem much cheaper and effectively.  Does a programmer who is comfortable in several languages go to Java in that situation?
On the other hand, should I just jump in?  Learning any language makes the others easy?
4  Bitcoin / Development & Technical Discussion / Re: Learning to program on the blockchain? on: August 31, 2017, 03:14:14 PM
What makes Java easier?  I've heard that I should try it.  I haven't programmed for a very long time, and am part of the generation that was ruined by BASIC.  OOP blows my mind still lol
5  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Fake solar eclipses? on: August 25, 2017, 01:34:46 AM
The eclipse was fake news.  That's why it was fine to stare at it.
6  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Technical Support / Re: Another wallet recovery on: August 23, 2017, 03:45:07 AM
Alright thanks everyone!  I'll keep researching and get all this ready for when I can finally try it out.  Almost halfway done but seems to be slowing down.
7  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Technical Support / Re: Another wallet recovery on: August 19, 2017, 12:52:43 AM
once you have successfully done that then you could get the private key and import or sweep it into the lighter wallet. You don't actually have to have the second wallet, but I think most people these days are going to use a lite wallet. Just make sure that you keep a couple copies of that data file so that if you have any trouble when you import one, even if it somehow gets corrupted, you have another copy.
Import or sweep?
Right, I just wish I knew exactly which file it was.  Can't wait to know that I still have it.  I only have a few, but realizing that I might not be able to recover them was disconcerting.

I think what you're saying would work hard to tell exactly what your plan is. What I would do, is either on one computer or two set up two separate wallets. One be a software wallet that does not require you to download the blockchain. The other wallet is going to have to download the blockchain I don't think you're going to get around that. Once the full wallet has downloaded and in sync, did you can attempt to import the wallet.dat.
Trying to do the download overnight, but it's taking a while.  About 1/3 of the way done so far.
8  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: A on: August 15, 2017, 06:36:13 PM
If someone the community trusts would do this we could have a Ready Player One scenario that would be another way to get the world dreaming about bitcoin. 
9  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Technical Support / Re: Another wallet recovery on: August 15, 2017, 05:45:21 PM
Bitcoin Core currently does not and never has used a seed (mnemonic). In 2013, Bitcoin Core did not support HD wallets either so all addresses were randomly generated. The only way to restore your wallet is to find a copy of your wallet file which has all of your private keys. Older copies may not have all of the private keys that you used.

It must have been that Armory address I set up but never used then.  Too bad!

What link?

I can't find the link on the message board for some reason.  I looked for over an hour to check that I didn't click on a malicious link.  Finally I did realize that I could look though my download history.

https://bitcoin.org/bin/bitcoin-core-0.14.2/bitcoin-0.14.2-osx64.tar.gz

The only reason I mentioned it is that all bitcoind and bitcoinqt did was pop up a terminal and possibly execute a few commands.  I tried to ignore that since it's from a trusted source, but it stuck with me a bit.
10  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Technical Support / Re: Another wallet recovery on: August 14, 2017, 11:57:26 PM
Yeah, are those uncompiled?

I'm hoping if I can't find this wallet that I did print the seed out or write it down, though.  I'll feel a lot better after I figure all this out.
11  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Technical Support / Re: Another wallet recovery on: August 14, 2017, 11:02:55 PM
After failing at using the link achow(?) put up, I ended up going to bitcoin.org.  That seems to be working well.
For some reason I was under the impression that you just needed the address and password to use stored bitcoin.   Hard to believe though, maybe I have a seed written down somewhere..
12  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Technical Support / Re: Another wallet recovery on: August 14, 2017, 10:04:18 PM
Alright, thanks a lot.  I'll work on getting Bitcoin Core going.
I remember something called BitcoinQT I think, is that the same program?  I may have been using that rather than the core.
13  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Technical Support / Another wallet recovery on: August 14, 2017, 08:49:06 PM
Bitcoin Client Software and Version Number:  Bitcoin Core circa 2013
Operating System: Windows
Description of Problem:   Wallet renamed and saved on some external device years ago before I wiped the computer.  I suppose I'll end up copying and renaming files to wallet.dat and trying to plug them into a new download of the bitcoin core.  Assuming the wallet is still there and intact, will this work?  I read 10 pages of questions and answers about similar things before I posted here, but I'm still unclear.  I'm on a mac currently, but have windows available if the wallet data is specific to the operating system.
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