Have Bitcoins helped to improve your life?

[dinda22]

very helpful all my life, since I was just an unemployed who use a laptop to search for a free bitcoin

and I've been looking for bitcoin for 3 years 

[MF Doom]

helped me overcome my habit of interacting with the non-internet world

I hope this is a joke...

but seriously I think if anything btc can show people that govt issued currencies are not the only means of transferring money.  I think it also should open peoples eyes up to the many many problems with govt fiat, including inflation, counterfeiting and financial fraud.  with BTC, these issues are a lot harder.

[ipbo]

bitcoins helped me a lot not only in financial but also my attitude

[calme]

whoa, i never knew that btc fixes attitude problems. i can think of many ppl who should try btc

[TheNewAnon135246]

Bitcoin has made my life more fun. I started using bitcoins for fun (trading etc.) and now I've been able to buy a lot of stuff with it.

[Jamie_Boulder]

I wouldn't say 'improved' - just made certain aspects of life a little easier, there's defiantly more to life than money...

[pedrog]

helped me overcome my habit of interacting with the non-internet world

Haha, so true.

In a not so far future there will be no need for physical interaction.

[Snail2]

Not very much yet, but I have big hopes about the future . Anyway it's a lot of fun.

[seethevalue]

I was first attracted to Bitcoins because it is an exciting, historic 'libertarian' revolution.
Have Bitcoins helped to improve your life?
How/why?

No it's destroyed my life just a bit more from robbery an now I'm continually trying to keep paying debt. if I'd of just kept it in fiat I would of had more.

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[MF Doom]

I was first attracted to Bitcoins because it is an exciting, historic 'libertarian' revolution.
Have Bitcoins helped to improve your life?
How/why?

No it's destroyed my life just a bit more from robbery an now I'm continually trying to keep paying debt. if I'd of just kept it in fiat I would of had more.

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A lot of people were suckered in by the fraudulent price manipulation in 2013 by mt gox.  I'd still be weary of holding btc for any length of time becasue I think more damage has been done to peoples confidence in btc than you may realize.  Plus large investors aren't going to risk losing their money if a govt decides they want to outlaw btc use.

[bryant.coleman]

A lot of people were suckered in by the fraudulent price manipulation in 2013 by mt gox.  I'd still be weary of holding btc for any length of time becasue I think more damage has been done to peoples confidence in btc than you may realize.  Plus large investors aren't going to risk losing their money if a govt decides they want to outlaw btc use.

That is true. Atleast BTC2 million has been stolen in various exchange hacks and wallet robberies since the start of 2014. That is, 15% of all the Bitcoins in circulation has been stolen in a period of just 15 months. This can't go on like this.

[MF Doom]

A lot of people were suckered in by the fraudulent price manipulation in 2013 by mt gox.  I'd still be weary of holding btc for any length of time becasue I think more damage has been done to peoples confidence in btc than you may realize.  Plus large investors aren't going to risk losing their money if a govt decides they want to outlaw btc use.

That is true. Atleast BTC2 million has been stolen in various exchange hacks and wallet robberies since the start of 2014. That is, 15% of all the Bitcoins in circulation has been stolen in a period of just 15 months. This can't go on like this.

I agree.  I think this fact alone (ignoring even the wild price swings & many scams) is bad news for btc.  Enough to make any super-bull turn into a bear.  If you dont think this is a major issue, you're crazy.  Also the fact that nothing at all has been resolved as to where these stolen btc are going is even more torubling.

Also add the fact that "satoshi" controls a large percent of the btc in cirtculation...

[rayhan]

Now im dizzy where i get money other than bitcoin ..
there is no other way for people like me other than from bitcoin, bitcoin greatly helped

[bigbitmine]

Now im dizzy where i get money other than bitcoin ..
there is no other way for people like me other than from bitcoin, bitcoin greatly helped

I agree.  Bitcoin has taken over.  I'm only 6 short of having 400BTC in cold storage.  It pays for my life now and the future.  Mind you, I don't put all my eggs in 1 basket.  I trade approx. 25% of my coins for gold.  Gotta have backups.

[xoomo]

Due to bitcoin gambling became more easily accessible for me.

[QuestionAuthority]

Bitcoin made me some money which is never a bad thing. It made me fat but provided priceless entertainment. Back in 2010 and prior I used to take long walks on the panhandle of Golden Gate Park, cruse up and down the haight window shopping, walk embarcadero from pier 1 to 29, bike the marina district all the way to fort point, bike around the presidio. Now I'm a fat lazy piece of crap that spends all of his time looking at this forum. A friend asked me to do Bay to Breakers with him this year and I told him I couldn't because I thought I might pass out from the hills. I can barely walk to the kitchen for a beer anymore.

The upside has been the entertainment value of this forum. I laughed for a week when I found out Bitcoinica was operated by a 16 year old scammer from Guangzhou and another week when Karpeles lost an Empire State Building sized pile of Bitcoin's. LOL  Another 16 year old kid, Atlas, used to crack me up every week with his stupidity. Matthew Wright used to attack people over the weirdest shit and start throwing around some of the most interesting banter I've ever witnessed. Bruno would get into debates over the value of being a furry with Rassah. The My little Pony gang was all here pulling some pretty interesting shit. Their leader PinkiePie got everyone to believe she was an abused teen but it was all an elaborate troll. LOL Most recently, Bruno just posted all of his ID cards, social security, drivers license number everything! ROFL

[iluvpie60]

I was first attracted to Bitcoins because it is an exciting, historic 'libertarian' revolution.
Have Bitcoins helped to improve your life?
How/why?

my honest answer. Bitcoin was an outlet that had me gamble. I lost over 7 BTC awhile back. It was my own fault, I wasn't meaning to bet it all. What happened was I accidentally pressed the wrong key on the keyboard. I ended up max betting when I meant to press the button for minimum bet. The only reason I had all my btc there was CEX.IO was crashing and I panicked and needed a quick place to send everything to that was not on my local machine. I sent it all there and while I was waiting for it to arrive i was messing around with min bets and doing 100,000 satoshi every now and then. It arrived and after 30 mins of messing around i accidentally did that and lost it. Could have easily done the same thing with us dollars online if they allowed it.

Bitcoin has lost me the most amount of money I have ever lost in my 28 years of being alive. Haven't had any other losses besides like losing a gameboy that was 100 bucks or something when i was smaller.

Bitcoin sucked me in with the frenzy of everyone. It still is a good model as far as I can see. But it is not very practical for anything I do. I won't use it as a payment system unless i absolutely have to, because of the tax implications that will arise from it and the hassle. I am a busy person and anything that gives me more hassle is eliminated from my life. I used bitcoins for buying an online game and buying a serial key for Office.

Credit cards offer 5% discounts on everyday items bought from stores, 5% off gas, grocery stores, malls, movie tickets, special discounts for 20% off special events, ability to order  exclusive tickets for concerts in advance with certain higher end cards(no interest if you make a min payment of 25 bucks a month and no yearly fee also). Bitcoin has a little way to go before it gets this good, although i am sure it will be incorporated into something that can be as beneficial as this.

I haven't really posted on here anymore because 1. Nothing has changed 2. It is a waste of my time when I could be building my youtube channel larger(12,000 subscribers 850,000 views I gained in 4 months) 3. Most of the people here post the same thing on a different day 4. There isn't anything else to be said about bitcoin right now.

I am honestly surprised this forum still exists. There is nothing to post about in my humble opinion.

[QuestionAuthority]

Well, there is the hot asian girls thread. That never gets old.

[Minerjoe]

I would like to be able to life off BTC one day. I know its only a dream ATM but I think it might be possible in a couple of years.

[DarkHyudrA]

No news to anyone, most things in the internet can only be bought or even donated only in USD.
The problem is, without a international CC, you can make nothing. Recieving USD in a bank account in my contry is even more pain, there's taxes everywhere that drain your money a lot.

So it helped me with those internet things, like Humble Bundle and other donations, where I could finally do something without being taxed a lot only because the government don't want me to use other country fiat.