It can take forever, I highly suggest you don't send the transactions with anything more than 0.0001 BTC, I had to wait on a transaction for more than 48 hours to confirm (And technically sometimes it can even get cancelled). You even need more than 0.0001 if you spend some irregular inputs (multiple addresses etc...)
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Probably around 1 percent or so, Not because I don't believe in bitcoins (I do) but it's just incredibly difficult to buy bitcoins in my country and in my area, I spend so much effort to buy few bitcents and I don't see how I can even get more except with days or waiting for a single small trade.
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I doubt that will happen anytime soon, By the current condition of the world that might happen in the future but not in the current year, even minor chances of taking some of the banks roles will be enough.
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Even those not considering bitcoin a legitimate currency right now, it is still a commodity with a value, Stealing something like bank certificates worth etc.. is still illegal, Stealing a TV is illegal, Of course stealing bitcoin is illegal and the person would be punished mostly if caught.
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The comparison right now is just in principle since crypt's are just crawling on the land while fiat is the currency accepted and used worldwide, The comparison between paper and electronic money "CC and the like" would be more interesting.
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Some bitcoins are being used for illegal activity like literally every single currency in the world, USD and the like are being used for tons of illegal activity... I don't think that takes any of the value of coins.
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I can't see bitcoin being that much affected without altcoins, Bitcoin is still the core and the main thing and I think it can easily recover if altcoins diminish or lose their popularity, I doubt the opposite (if bitcoin is gone) would be true since BTC is the pricing item for each new altcoins (And those trying to change that like Ripples are not working).
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Real Madrid 0 V 0 Atletico Madrid
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Usually once or twice daily, Although I doubt someone will just send coins randomly my way though.
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I doubt it could be hacked in that way of expressing it, I think the network overall might be damaged if a %51 attack was initiated but that itself is rather unlikely, and it would ruin the whole network rather than "hacking" it.
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Probably the difficulty in using it compared to other method that require no effort at all like Creditcards and PayPal etc... not that I don't want to use it but that lowers mass adoption of BTC in my opinion.
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