Oh great. Another "FINAL WARNING!!!!!!!" from the guy who can't understand bitcoin.  I think he understands it just fine, and i've seen him have some good insight on btc trading. He has made some good points. It's acceptance by the general public has slowed to a near crawl. No one is clamoring to get their hands on some btc. It could be several years until its truly widely accepted, if something else hasn't taken its place by then. but its pretty obvious people dont want to buy btc up front, wait for coins (4 days if you go w/ coinbase) and then hope the exchange rate doesn't screw you. I also think btc is a great technology, but the media has done a good job scaring the average person away, and the steps involved to initially start using btc are a big hurdle for most people to get over. It took me probably a few days of researching before I felt comfortable using/buying btc. I think his points are valid that there is no "mass adoption" coming any time soon. |
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Good luck
thanks, still available |
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oh thats right, BTC solves this! haha!  |
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This !!!  ^^This is the basic premise of "evolution." If you believe in the probability of life just coming into being from organic matter, or aboigenesis (which somehow has never happened again, hence the "LAW of Biogenesis" which states ALL life comes from life), then you should be playing the lottery EVERY SINGLE DAY and fully expecting to win. |
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It is and it's becoming easier to use month by month as new applications come in to help adoption.
You got everything wrong in that sentence.
Its still just as hard to get your hands on btc as it was a year ago. And using it hasn't changed much, you can still scan a qr code, but you can do that with other payment systems too. Btc may protect against chargebacks, but if you send to a wrong address there is nothing you can do about it. this is enough to scare off most people. the first time someone lost coins by sending to a wrong address or was scammed somehow dealing with btc they are going to stop going through the hastle and give up on it. the only thing btc now has for a hope of price increase is investor money coming in, however I think that will only cause short price spikes (like yesterday) and then they will quickly sell and make easy money. |
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I still see a square, even with auto detect.  I googled it and I found that many people have problems with Chrome and displaying some kind of chars. I dunno how to help. cannot see it w/ firefox either |
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3.2 shipped insured in US. I pay escrow. Would suggest Yankee as escrow but open to others.
Let me know if your still interested, I had a local deal fall through this weekend. Yankee is who I originally purchased these from actually! Still interested in 5 x 0.5 coins at 3.2 shipped. I have contacted OgNasty who will escrow for us if good with you. Please advise. Yes, have him contact me |
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3.2 shipped insured in US. I pay escrow. Would suggest Yankee as escrow but open to others.
Let me know if your still interested, I had a local deal fall through this weekend. Yankee is who I originally purchased these from actually! |
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Very lovely coins..especially the gold plated one..good luck with your sales!
Thanks, they are very nice! Still available too! |
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Making a list now of people who submitted...then will ask you if you want to join sig campaign!
I'd be interested. I dont really care if I lost the sig contest, I'm still a fan of these coins! |
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It started getting over sold LONG LONG ago.... Now that we see some very decent adoption, it's getting exposed for what it is: an alternate currency that is an absolute hassle to use and a nightmare to get set up.
For newbs (I don't think you guys understand how computer illiterate the rest of the population is), make one mistake and your life savings could go down the drain.... not a great currency TBH.
Not to mention it offers ABSOLUTELY NO BUYER PROTECTION. I think you're spot on, 99.9% of people would get scammed, lose private keys, send coins to the wrong address, etc the first time they tried to use btc. I've seen experienced users do it with a bad copy and paste. Then they are never going to want to touch it again. Not to mention look at how the average person buys stuff, impulsively w/ a credit card. With btc, you have to go through a ridiculous process to buy it ahead of time, then still go buy something with it, and the most legit place I've found (coinbase) you still have to wait 4 business days to see the coins, and just hope the exchange rate doesn't drop on you. Anyway I agree with your points, and have seen some really good posts by you in the past. thanks for your insight. |
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In 2011 there was much bigger price fall and Bitcoin only increased it's strength after!
And think of last fall. When the price hit $400, there was lots of optimism. Were back to $400, but not the same optimism.  |
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3.125 BTC for 5 coins shipped to austria with shipping fee split
(Where are you from? How does custom work from your country?)
I really would like to get 3.4 BTC. I could cover shipping. I'm shipping from USA, don't know how customs process works, but I have shipped stuff internationally before without issue. |
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Servers them right. That's what happens when you try to get rich quick with no actual work. The lower the price gets, the nicer it is to see these idiots get financially ruined.
Right because no one here worked for the money to buy BTC in the first place. Your an idiot dude |
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Heres my sig ideas: Hero Members:Senior Members:Full Members: |
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I'm going to make the call right now, and this isn't coming from some troll. But I believe bitcoin will hit sub $100, possibly sub $50 before anything further interesting develops. By all means, as a trader, I wish it hits $5000 or $10,000 in the next 3 days. But I just don't see exponential development in the near future... the long run, who knows though.
I mean, wall street thinks bitcoin is overbought, overpriced, unsustainable. The average citizen isn't crazy about bitcoin at all. You ask the average Joe if they plan on buying bitcoin in the future and you get a melancholy "no". You ask a smart ass in the streets about bitcoin and his answer is "the [expletivie] is that?" You explain it and his response is well that is "[expletive] stupid".
Institutions are already in on it. Speculators are looking to make a quick buck only. Then there are cultists, which is a super minority, and they believe in a whole bunch of unrealistic possibility. The problem with mass adoption is that why would someone go through all this trouble to buy bitcoins, only to spend it on a blu-ray player they could have just bought with their visa.
It seems like only select intelligent people truly believe in bitcoin, and intelligent people are few and far between in this world.
Looks like you were right. You've got some good insight here. Too many people on here have blind optimism w/o any explanation or evidence whatsoever. |
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You're the one selling starbucks cards purchased w/ a stolen credit card. I think that classifies you as a big scammer. |
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How much for the gold/silver and the ser2?  Probably 0.6 BTC for the Gold B, 0.375 BTC for the Series 2. I could go 0.9 BTC if buying both. |
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