The people from other forums are talking about Bitcoin because BTC is the main e-currency now. Those forums were created long before this forum. They talked about e-gold, osgold and LR in the past.

Almost all the HYIPs, MLM and others moved to BTC. Some of them are called Forex but it's the same...

That's why other "non-btc" forums are  discussing bitcoin. There are no other e-currencies on market who deserve their attention.
BTC is trendy for now

"leader" means central power. central power means BTC belongs to "him". You want decentralization? Then, face it

I am paying 0% for any online  and offline shopping by credit cards/debit cards. I can transfer funds  to other person via any payment processor instantly.

Yes, it takes from 1-3 days if I am sending bank wire.I am sending it for a large amount only and I am feeling in safe by using a bank instead of any Bitcoin or Altcoin.

So, I don't see any advantage by using Bitcoin for the "normal people" excepting if they want to play a little with their money by making some bets with BTC trading.

Let's think logical. Why would I keep the money in a system like Bitcoin when we have credit/debit cards? Also, the mobile payments are available.

A BTC transaction takes at least 10 min; the online wallets are not safe at all.

Yes, BTC is good for a niche. I agree with that.

I am charged with 0% (nothing) for any online shopping that I make by debit cards/credit cards. That's why I am asking "Why would I use BTC in this case while I already have a bank account, credit cards, debit cards, traditional financial instruments?"

Cheaper and faster? I can buy anything I want with credit cards/debit cards for "free"(no fee) and in a blink of eye. What you mean with BTC is cheaper and faster? Now, you are waiting 15 min or more for a transaction to be confirmed.

Hi there,

Here is the favour. I will give you 10 countries which they officially banned Bitcoin not one.

https://www.cryptocoinsnews.com/top-10-countries-bitcoin-banned/

I can give many more banks which have banned Bitcoin.

BTC is hard to be used by the normal people. It's not the same as www. Come on

You need to download the application. you need to find an exchanger, you must be verified, you need to send a bank wire and then you can use the BTC.

Hard to do it and useless.... when you have credit cards available. BTC will never be what the BTC media is buzzing daily, a currency. BTC will remain a niche and nothing more.

a lot of "bla bla" without any result. in the mean time, Australian banks closed all the bank accounts related to BTC, many countries banned Bitcoin and so on.

Any bank has compliance and any AML and compliance dept. will take very serious things like :

Europol: Bitcoin May Become Sole Currency for EU Cybercriminals

http://www.coindesk.com/europol-bitcoin-european-cybercriminals/

BTC will never be what the BTC media is buzzing all day long, a mainstream currency. BTC is very hard to be understand by the common people, the transactions processing take a lot and it's not safe.

I don't want you to come and saying but neither the banks are not safe. Yes, agree with you but be honest and tell me where would you keep your hard earned money(life savings), in a bank or in BTC?

You will be hypocrite if you will say, Bitcoin.

To be regulated means that the GOVs know about you, you will pay taxes and so on. Regulations for an exchanger means to be a financial company like any other existing one.

My question is: Why would I use BTC in this case while I already have a bank account, credit cards, debit cards, traditional financial instruments?

Why would I need Bitcoin if I am forced to provide the same documents in order to buy and sell BTC as I provide to any bank?

More than that, I can pay more quickly by using a credit card for example and almost any merchant is accepting credit cards these days...

where is that mainstream or financial world?

Australian's banks just closed all the BTC exchanger's accounts a week ago .BTC is banned in many countries.

The banks are opening  accounts for BTC exchangers very hard and with a lot of lobby. Make a search and you will see these things.

The "mainstream" idea is only in the BTC media which in financed by the same group of people who are owning the big "exchangers". There are interests to attract more sheep and nothing more

How do you use Coinbase if you are not verified?
Also, why would someone use Bitcoin if they have to reveal his/her identity? Why not using the traditional payment systems like bank wires, credit cards and so on?
BTC is an e-currency and nothing more. Each e-currency must have a little advantage for using it. BTC has a huge time for transaction processing, it's complicated for new comers. On top, you need to provide documents if you want to fund or withdrawn funds from it.

So, what's the advantage now? It was in the past... but "today"?

How do you cash out or cash in Bitcoin? By using one of these exchangers, right? Well, these exchangers are requesting you a lot of papers about you. Soon, they will want your fingerprint...

As I know, BTC was made to offer anonymity and nothing more. There are plenty of e-currencies which are asking for documents.Why would I use Bitcoin when I have Paypal and other similar systems like this one? I have credit cards which I can easily use them everywhere.

BTC attracted people because of this feature called, anonymity. Now, it disappeared and nobody is saying a word
Where are the "legendary" members to scream agaist GOVs, Illumitati and so on?  They did it years ago. They said Bitcoin will never be like Paypal and here we are. You cannot buy or sell Bitcoin without documents.

The banks are requesting the same documents as Gemeni, Coinbase, etc.

Exchangers are looking for regulations even regulations means NO anonymity
NO anonymity = against Bitcoin's "core"

Again, why would someone need BTC in these circumstances while there are credit, debit cards? The banks are asking me the same papers like Gemini, Coinbase are asking.
I can buy anything with credit cards in a blink of eye...without waiting 15 minutes for endless BTC confirmations.
Also, the banks are offering much more security than any "private" wallet....

You forget something which must be VERY important to BTC community. It seems it was forgotten; The anonymity. The core of BTC.

Gemini, Coinbase and others like them are bringing what you didn't want.... regulation, taxes, GOVs which will know everything you make with your coins and so on.

How is with stories like BTC is made for anonymity, privacy?

You forget something which must be VERY important to BTC community. It seems it was forgotten; The anonymity. The core of BTC.

Gemini, Coinbase and others like them are bringing what you didn't want.... regulation, taxes, GOVs which will know everything you make with your coins and so on.

How is with stories like BTC is made for anonymity, privacy?

Well, Bitcoin was made for anonymity. I laugh a lot when I see that the peple does not care about that anymore.

There were tones of pages on this forum where the people were screaming that BTC offers full privacy and that it offers protection against GOVs, bad people, illuminaty and other stories .  

Now, all the exchangers are looking for regulations, licences which means the END of the privacy.What is very odd? Nobody is saying nothing. It's OK like that as long you make some cash , right?  

In end, it only matters  the cash  but let's not be hypocrites and to admit it.

Future of Bitcoin? Dead like any other e-currency.

The start up companies will milk the money from stupid investors until the last ones will say STOP. I have read a lot of stories where the start up companies said that they are not interested to provide services to public for "now" but to receive capital from some investors.

Coinbase + others like it are on minus with the renevue and expenses and the investors won't be able to recover 100+ millions invested.

So, this is the future of BTC. Nothing new in the e-currency business. This time, it was made with a lot of media buzz and that's why it is bigger but the end is the same.

You must be mentally sick or novice in this industry to think that this market is not manipulated by few "actors". I know, I know, there is manipulations on all the markets but let's get real . BTC  is backed on nothing...

Once a big exchanger will be down(it will happen very soon), the BTC price will go near to zero where it belongs.

great point. Xt is an ALTcoin

it's a fictional person. read above

You do not ever wonder who are the guys who develop the BTC core. All of them are coming from the e-currency businesses. They are not saints at all. All of them wants money. They are not dreamers like many of you....

BTC was created to make money for a bunch of people. "Satoshi" is a fictional person which represent a group of people (they know each other) who are coming from the e-currency industry(e-gold, Osgold and so on).

They created a nice story which was "eated" by the hungry hipsters, they promote it in the HYIP industry(anyway, they were part of it), they changed the normal HYIPs in so called forex trading in order to be trendy and done... here we are; a NEW e-currency. Yes, it's trendy, fancy  "decentralized" which it is not true

You didn't ever ask yourself, what are the relations between the main developers, exchangers and merchants. Who is behind the curtain?.

Just make a simple search regarding to the main exchangers like CoinBase, Bitstamp, BTC China, Ripple and so on.
Do you know that SatoshiDICE owns more than 60% from the existing BTC ?  lol.  You will find the SAME people as "shareholders".

The same shareholders are the sponsors for many news media websites which promote Bitcoins.

wake up ! nobody wants you to be rich. this business was created to serve "few" people and you are just sheep who "eat" crumbs from their table. nothing wrong with that but you just have to accept it and move forward.

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