That won't happen. There are too many luxury shops and hotels which enjoy American customers all over Europe. Nothing shall be done which could make their coming less easy. There are also many people talking about removing the need of a visa to Chinese travelers, because they're the biggest spenders in high end shops.

Of course! I'm not talking about the sizes of cache files, I'm talking about the sizes of the software to download. Firefox is probably 45 MB.

Besides, OB is not working anymore. I'm not in the same place where I installed it, and it cannot connect. "Unable to connect to your server"

Anyone knows what port it uses, so I can check it's open?

81.8 MB so it's quite substantial. It's larger than Mozilla Firefox and Multibit put together, and you can't ignore that you don't need to download anything to use Ebay or Amazon. I guess there should 2 versions of the software. A very light one, then a big one to those who have something to sell.

Yes, it's easier to insult Hitler than Erdogan in today's Germany, but don't worry, nothing will happen, and no one will be sent to jail. Erdogan's critic on press' freedom has brought major news coverage in Germany, with several members of the parliament defending free speech in Turkey, so it cannot get worse in Germany.

http://www.businessinsider.com/r-germany-says-press-freedom-non-negotiable-in-talks-with-turkey-2016-3?IR=T

The Fed is God? Please, stop insulting God! The Fed is man-made, an invention just like dynamite, which has made fortunes for a dedicated few, but brought mass destruction to million others.

Not so sure. The € is growing in international trade, and so is the Chinese currency which is pushed by its government all over Africa, but BTC isn't at that level. There are still few businesses which request to be paid with BTC, and none which deals with governments.

Well, if you have a lot of BTC and the price rises, it'll be good for you, but I'm not so sure for miners. There's no rule saying value shall double to compensate for the revenue reduced by half. If BTC only increases 30%, which would be good, result for miners will be a loss.

I CAN'T USE OB!

I hadn't realized it with so many people comparing OB to Ebay, but you can't compare the 2 services, because OB don't have servers. It's peer-to-peer, with your OB store, if you want to have one, actually saved on your own computer. Meaning that if you want to have a store running 24/7, you need to have YOUR computer running 24/7. So, you can't travel...

Gosh, I know how P2P work but with so many people stupidly comparing OB with Ebay, I had forgotten it. I guess there's an opportunity to sell hosting services via BTC.

I've just installed OB, I didn't like that I had to choose a country. I chose Switzerland, even though I'm not Swiss, nor do I live there, but because it's neutral. I wish I could remove that geographical indication.

Then I had to choose a theme. I would like to be able to create my own.

If I understand OB, it will not care at all about that. Everything will be between the buyer and the seller, without OB having any responsibility in the deals, which are private. OB won't even know the nature of the deal. That's the wild, wild West...

I have always thought of BTC as an offshore bank account, and that's one of the main reason why I like it. Since most people cannot trust governments, nor countries these days, it's only logical one's looking for other solutions. If you cannot trust a lawyer in Panama, that's just another reason to choose BTC.

The interface doesn't look nice. It's too dark, and the first available products aren't much exciting either, it' doesn't look professional. Then a major turn-off is that to use it you have to download a big file. I'd be happy to sell stuff via OpenBazaar though. I just wish it would look more like Amazon.

I do not wish Satoshi a happy birthday, if today is the day, because I don't think he would like a total stranger to wish him that, and I know I wouldn't. Birthdays are personal. They're for family and friends, strangers are not invited, and we've seen that Satoshi enjoys his privacy.

I think I've used Paypal 7 or 8 times last year, and I will do that again this year. I sure would prefer to use BTC, but there are still many services which don't accept it. Some things are changing really slowly. I wish I could read about a retailer saying he's making more sales with BTC than Paypal.

The Mexican police is unable to stop drug trade, or to arrest murderers, so I guess it has decided to act tough on immigration to show the world it can do something. But it's failing there, too, only arresting legal citizens. I understand why so many Mexicans want to go to the US.

Thanks for setting up this list, it helps remaining positive about BTC. Segregated Witness is and the Lightning Network aren't exactly done deals, but we can be quite confident they're coming. I'm more concerned with the halving. Many miners may have to cease operating because of it, meaning even more concentration, and I don't like it.

Thanks, you made me discover Bitwala. It's an interesting concept. I can make free SEPA transfers with my bank account, but if I want to use BTC, I first need to sell some, so Bitwala might prove handy in that case. I guess I'll open an account.

Nothing crazy nor new here. I've been to hundreds small restaurants where there's only one bathroom, for both sexes. I think all McDonald's and KFC fast food restaurants have only one toilet in France, Italy and Spain. There are no issues.

Could you change your misleading title, please?

THERE IS NOTHING ABOUT BITCOIN HERE.

This is about financial acts which date back to 1977!!! I invite the other posters to read the link and check the information before writing any silly comments. It's about Gaddafi, Mubarak and Putin, and all he great fascists leaders who care more about their personal wealth than their country.

It's good this news was revealed, with everybody's talking about it. It just shows the world how unsafe a smartphone is. There are some good tools like Truecrypt but standard, easy to use encryption coming large manufacturers like Apple are bound to fail.