Bitcointalk effect on Bitcoin ?

[RappelzReborn]

I wanted to hear some suggestions and opinions about this , what's the real effect of Bitcointalk on Bitcoin ?
I personally don't think that Bitcoin would be that successfull as it is now if there was no Bitcointalk and a good community that answer our questions .
Also I think that if Bitcointalk goes down (like .. for ever) Bitcoin will probably go down too and lose a lot of users . I know I know you will probably say there is Alternatives like Reddit or other forums but they aren't good as Bitcointalk .

Anyway let me know what do you think about this . [ Added a poll too ]

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[Vaccomondus]

you mean answering to the same troll that is making tons of sockpuppets?

[ragi]

If it goes down with /r/bitcoin, then we may have a problem, but then again one goes down 2 pop up...

[Amph]

with the last downtime there was a small pump actually, so i don't think that this forum is so crucial for the value of bitcoin

there are other good sites that are spreading news about bitcoin, like coindesk, if one want to find something about bitcoin there is always google

but it is still our nerd house, the best one i would say

[TheGame]

No. This is just a messageboard. Bitcoin is bigger than a forum. There are plenty of other discussion boards and if bitcointalk did go down for good (not sure why it would) then another would just rise up to take its place.

[RappelzReborn]

with the last downtime there was a small pump actually, so i don't think that this forum is so crucial for the value of bitcoin

there are other good sites that are spreading news about bitcoin, like coindesk, if one want to find something about bitcoin there is always google

but it is still our nerd house, the best one i would say

How in the world CoinDesk would be helpful with anyway possible ?
It's just a simple blog , it just give you informations and there isn't really away exchange , trade , ask about scam websites / Mining gears etc or any other newbie questions .
Also pretty sure that /r/Bitcoin dosen't get the traffic that Bitcointalk is getting . not even close . the problem with Reddit is the design .. it's simply screwed up and your eyes burns when you start browsing

[ayesha201006]

It would have no effect.  There are other forums, many of them exact clones of this one, pooping up all over the place.  If this one goes down people will just gravitate somewhere else.

[jacktheking]

Voted for first option. I wont be supporting Bitcoin if there is no opportunity to earn ~40 dollar per month - signature campaign. Other than signature campaign, the only sources of my Bitcoin is faucet and cloud mining. Without signature campaign payment, I wont be able to buy cloud mining power. Thus.. just faucet if there is no Bitcoin.

If I only manage to earn a few cents per week and.. ~50 cents per month.. I rather invest my time on other things.

[pawel7777]

IIRC during the 2 last downtimes the BTC price went slightly up. Assuming the price movement can be any indicator of whether BTC is/isn't doing fine, then it seems that this forum doesn't have much impact on Bitcoin.

Yes, it's great to have a dedicated forum with such large number of registered accounts. But if it ever goes down for good, plenty of other forums will pop up to fill the void.

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Voted for first option. I wont be supporting Bitcoin if there is no opportunity to earn ~40 dollar per month - signature campaign. Other than signature campaign, the only sources of my Bitcoin is faucet and cloud mining. Without signature campaign payment, I wont be able to buy cloud mining power. Thus.. just faucet if there is no Bitcoin.

If I only manage to earn a few cents per week and.. ~50 cents per month.. I rather invest my time on other things.

Are you aware that there are thousands of other ways of earning money? You could earn BTC directly or earn fiat and convert.

If you're honestly here only for the sole purpose of earning your $40/month, then you should consider other options of getting income (part-time, min wage job maybe?).

[NeuroticFish]

Bitcointalk is just a small part of BTC world. There are many other forums, there's reddit and there are also bitcoiners which don't care to read any of them.

[virtualx]

I wanted to hear some suggestions and opinions about this , what's the real effect of Bitcointalk on Bitcoin ?
I personally don't think that Bitcoin would be that successfull as it is now if there was no Bitcointalk and a good community that answer our questions .
Also I think that if Bitcointalk goes down (like .. for ever) Bitcoin will probably go down too and lose a lot of users . I know I know you will probably say there is Alternatives like Reddit or other forums but they aren't good as Bitcointalk .

Anyway let me know what do you think about this . [ Added a poll too ]

I think bitcointalk helps with the growth of bitcoin as a whole but not that bitcoin cannot exist without it.  While bitcoin has an activity community, there are many people who use bitcoin but do not use the forum. If the forum would go down, a lot of people would move to a new forum.

The forum was down recently, you cnanot see a major effect on the price in the chart. https://blockchain.info/charts/market-price

[anderson00673]

Really?  Is this a serious question?  These forums are awesome, I really like it here.  But bitcoin has grown so much.  There are numerous news sites, blogs, forums, etc out there now.  If this one went down it would make zero difference in the grand scheme of things.

[Rub3n]

It would be weird to see a crash happen after bitcointalk gets deleted. I would be disappointed tho, this is the only forum I'm active on regarding bitcoin, so for me personally it would change up routine and comfort.

[RappelzReborn]

Really?  Is this a serious question?  These forums are awesome, I really like it here.  But bitcoin has grown so much.  There are numerous news sites, blogs, forums, etc out there now.  If this one went down it would make zero difference in the grand scheme of things.

But didn't all those websites that you are speaking about became famous because of Bitcointalk ? Faucets , some Shops , Gambling etc ... ?
That's why I think btctalk played a huge part on the growth of bitcoin .

[Slark]

Really?  Is this a serious question?  These forums are awesome, I really like it here.  But bitcoin has grown so much.  There are numerous news sites, blogs, forums, etc out there now.  If this one went down it would make zero difference in the grand scheme of things.

Bitcointalk maybe growing in terms of user base and overall activity but in term of forum software it is still the same old forum like it used to be 5 years ago.
I like the idea that we can find a lot of information and announcements in one place tho and I bet people here don't like reddit weird structure that is why they are here to begin with.

[Muhammed Zakir]

No because Bitcointalk is not Bitcoin.

[Elwar]

IIRC during the 2 last downtimes the BTC price went slightly up. Assuming the price movement can be any indicator of whether BTC is/isn't doing fine, then it seems that this forum doesn't have much impact on Bitcoin.

Yes, it's great to have a dedicated forum with such large number of registered accounts. But if it ever goes down for good, plenty of other forums will pop up to fill the void.

This.

Every time I have seen bitcointalk go down the price goes up. No idea why, maybe the signature campaign people are not cashing out their money.

[Kazimir]

Of course not. Most Bitcoin users are not even on bitcointalk, or at least not heavily involved.

[S4VV4S]

IIRC during the 2 last downtimes the BTC price went slightly up. Assuming the price movement can be any indicator of whether BTC is/isn't doing fine, then it seems that this forum doesn't have much impact on Bitcoin.

Yes, it's great to have a dedicated forum with such large number of registered accounts. But if it ever goes down for good, plenty of other forums will pop up to fill the void.

This.

Every time I have seen bitcointalk go down the price goes up. No idea why, maybe the signature campaign people are not cashing out their money.

I haven't seen any price increase when the forum went down the other day.
It's actually lower now but I am guessing that has to do with Gavin's announcement.

[Elwar]

IIRC during the 2 last downtimes the BTC price went slightly up. Assuming the price movement can be any indicator of whether BTC is/isn't doing fine, then it seems that this forum doesn't have much impact on Bitcoin.

Yes, it's great to have a dedicated forum with such large number of registered accounts. But if it ever goes down for good, plenty of other forums will pop up to fill the void.

This.

Every time I have seen bitcointalk go down the price goes up. No idea why, maybe the signature campaign people are not cashing out their money.

I haven't seen any price increase when the forum went down the other day.
It's actually lower now but I am guessing that has to do with Gavin's announcement.

Before it went down price was $235. Then when it came back up:

Traded up to the 240's and then back down 236 this morning. And not a single rocket gif. Seems bitcoin can function fine without us....