I won't allow myself to get scammed by putting so much BTC at risk. 5.3 BTC on a ponzi is almost a guaranteed loss because no ponzi's are reputable. Sorry for your loss, but I don't allow myself to be put in a situation that will force me to lose my BTC in a scam.

Signature campaigns honestly. Take out some money to cover an account and post constructively around the forums and get paid. The amount you're looking for is easily obtainable. Use your computer skills to gain some BTC to start your initial investment.

In North America there are many privately owned Businesses that accept Bitcoin. Mostly Mom & Pop shops that can flexibly take in numerous payment methods without having to go through a pain. I would see it being more beneficial than going through and accepting Credit/Debit cards as the processing fees to a smaller scale business come in as rather unnecessary. I've personally seen a few food trucks that accept Bitcoin. Compliments paying with cash and substitutes credit cards.

I doubt it would take 15 years to replace the dollar with Bitcoin. Not sure how they would come to that conclusion because they seem to assume Bitcoin will still be around and hold it's value in 15 years. Even Satoshi himself said that the value of Bitcoin could be zero in the future, so to make an assumption about the time it would take for the dollar to collapse is a bit ignorant.

Not sure about foreign lands like Germany, but places in North America are great for Bitcoin use. Many online companies sell US gift cards for Bitcoin like Gyft or eGifter. Also, there are a few Bitcoin ATM's located in the US. Bitcoin debit cards also exist, which is what I would probably do. Find a way to get a Visa or local prepaid card using Bitcoin online. It's possible but there might be a decent amount of conversion fees.

For the public to accept it. When it gets to that point, Bitcoin would thrive. The price would increase accordingly. This would force payment processors like PayPal, WU, ect. to adjust their system as well to compete with it. It would probably equate to things like less fees and less fraud with better developed security protocols.

The increase among all cryptocurrencies I believe came after the media boosted the "Greece crisis" to an extent where people feared their fiat currency was not safe. Not trying to undermine the problems of Greece, but it was overwhelmed to a degree. Bitcoin shot up quite nicely along with a few other altcoins.

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The price has had a good increase of almost 50 or so dollars (roughly). I'd like to say it's because of the Greece crisis. I feel like that was thrown around as being the straw that ended fiat currencies. But Greece is finding its way to recovery slowly but surely. No doubt in mind the price will increase though. Just not as explosive as you suggest.

The universal mistake of all people involved with Bitcoin is not starting early enough. Imagine being the first to discover the new technology, and mine it with the most mediocre mining power because the difficulty of the blocks were so low. As far as investing in altcoins. Some were successes. Dogecoin was something I never thought would lift off the ground and somehow made a name for itself. Perhaps not investing in that was also a mistake.

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WTB Papa Johns (preferably), Dominos, or Pizza Hut gift cards.
PM if you have any to sell.

The idea of fraud comes in due to the fact that some Ebay accounts are stolen, cracked, ect. It wouldn't be hard for a seller to create an account or steal/buy one to receive BTC in payment and disappear. I doubt Ebay would ever take the time to implement an escrow system because it would cause too much complication to Ebay users. Part of the reason Ebay is even competing with Amazon at this point is cheap second hand products Ebay offers. With so many second hand sellers, the amount of scams is ridiculous. Ebay relies on a chargeback system to even stay profitable.

I'm not a believer in the "flat earth" bullshit, but, for discussion's sake I'll entertain the idea. The "flat earth believers" think the idea of NASA and space exploration is a front for money (go figure). Therefore, any and all evidence that has a Space reference to it (like a photo from a satellite) is dismissed in its entirety. It's hilarious actually. It shows the resilience these people show no matter the evidence thrown to them which is why this topic is still up for debate.

For comedy: http://www.theflatearthsociety.org/
https://www.reddit.com/r/flatearthsociety/

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Price: $22 BTC

Not necessarily Bitcoin mining, but just accepting Bitcoin. You can accept Bitcoin from a mobile phone if needed. The point I'm making is no one is forcing you to use the services of PayPal, WU, ect. If you don't like the fees, don't use it, and use Bitcoin instead. If you don't have a computer or mobile phone, fees should not be your worry. I a state like that I doubt the person would be sending and receiving transactions (internationally) frequently enough for fees to even make a notable difference. As far as the whole boycotting goes, I didn't mean this in a literal sense as you should go and "protest" or something along those lines. PayPal and WU are huge companies to where they don't need the business of the OP to make any difference to them. In a bigger picture though, sometime in the future when public acceptance of Bitcoin exists, these companies will have a rough time competing therefore they'll be forced to adjust fees and such.

You don't use it, simple. You "boycott" their services and promote something that goes directly against it...(Bitcoin  )

To add to this, any type of service, whether it be PayPal or Western Union, has extreme fees sending international payments. Between conversion fees with currencies and cuts the service takes, you're looking at a major cut in all outgoing transactions. Nothing compared to the miners fee, though.

I think the bad reputation Bitcoin gets for the hackings and anonymity associated with it. Many people apart of the mainstream media believe Bitcoin is for criminals, possibly because of the rep the Deep Web gives it. Nonetheless, it takes education to teach the public that Bitcoin is more than that.

The example you say about the fiat currencies eventually tumbling to zero can be flipped on Bitcoin the exact same way. If Bitcoin were to reach 10,000 a coin, you assume that it would remain steady and that no one should convert to fiat, but realistically you can't be precise if the price wouldn't crash. When we were at 1,000+ a coin, many speculated we would be "to the moon" a year from that, and the direct opposite happened. I don't blame anyone for wanting to convert to fiat at 10k per coin. It's taking the safe way out (believe it or not) which isn't a bad thing.

The price of Bitcoin steadily rose up, and it was because of Greece. The representation we get from the crisis is proof and validation the government will and can put limitations on the funds of its people for possible gain of the entirety of the country. It showcases the great need for decentralization, and the need for Bitcoin to be implemented as national currency for struggling nations. It's relevant almost everywhere to a certain extent because it's the first time in an extended period of time where we've seen a government takeover in the economy where the citizens suffer due to poor politics.