Bitcoin, the Religion?!

[faridkifly]

in my opinion everyone crazy about bitcoin just because they want an instant money without going out to everywhere, just sit infront your gadget and "click"

[deliciousowl]

i dont think that bitcoin is a religion as in religion you have to believe something even though no one can prove that its real or something like that, and bitcoin is real, no one can say that its fake so i guess its not religion

Religion is something we follow since we are born that's what our parents teach us. And following bitcoin as a religion is something far away. We don't believe that bitcoin is a religion it is just a currency which can be replaced by any other currency in the future. So it is useless to say that bitcoin is a religion.

Religion can be changed, acquired or removed from ones life at any point in time. You could be 1 or you could be 101, it doesn't matter. Beliefs change, and they do not have to be mutually exclusive. Many people believe in Christianity, but also believe in spirits and supernatural phenomena even though these are considered blasphemous by Christian doctrine.

It's not only a currency. It is the first time we have a verifiably immutable ledger, essentially a sequential timestamped database wherein history cannot be altered. In human history there has never been a database that could not have been altered by some means. Bitcoin is continuously evolving, and adapting.

No it is definitely not a religion. Members of this forum might have a religious like craze about their Internet toy but bitcoin is far from a religion.

For me, Bitcoin is still something new, something that still needs to grow and expand. Heck, most of the people didn't even hear about Bitcoin in this world.

Why not?

[Mickeyb]

i dont think that bitcoin is a religion as in religion you have to believe something even though no one can prove that its real or something like that, and bitcoin is real, no one can say that its fake so i guess its not religion

Religion is something we follow since we are born that's what our parents teach us. And following bitcoin as a religion is something far away. We don't believe that bitcoin is a religion it is just a currency which can be replaced by any other currency in the future. So it is useless to say that bitcoin is a religion.

Religion can be changed, acquired or removed from ones life at any point in time. You could be 1 or you could be 101, it doesn't matter. Beliefs change, and they do not have to be mutually exclusive. Many people believe in Christianity, but also believe in spirits and supernatural phenomena even though these are considered blasphemous by Christian doctrine.

It's not only a currency. It is the first time we have a verifiably immutable ledger, essentially a sequential timestamped database wherein history cannot be altered. In human history there has never been a database that could not have been altered by some means. Bitcoin is continuously evolving, and adapting.

No it is definitely not a religion. Members of this forum might have a religious like craze about their Internet toy but bitcoin is far from a religion.

For me, Bitcoin is still something new, something that still needs to grow and expand. Heck, most of the people didn't even hear about Bitcoin in this world.

Why not?

Why not what?
Why is not a religion or why most of the world still hasn't heard about Bitcoin?

[deliciousowl]

Why not what?
Why is not a religion or why most of the world still hasn't heard about Bitcoin?

Why is it not a religion?

[Mickeyb]

Why not what?
Why is not a religion or why most of the world still hasn't heard about Bitcoin?

Why is it not a religion?

Because religion is untouchable, it is just there and you choose to believe or not into it. Bitcoin is a technology, it is very real and I don't see it as spiritual at all.

Now if you think that biggest bitcoin believers are bitcoin religious, I don't know. They are maybe bitcoin fanatics, not bitcoin religious in my opinion.

[BillyBobZorton]

Why not what?
Why is not a religion or why most of the world still hasn't heard about Bitcoin?

Why is it not a religion?

Because religion is untouchable, it is just there and you choose to believe or not into it. Bitcoin is a technology, it is very real and I don't see it as spiritual at all.

Now if you think that biggest bitcoin believers are bitcoin religious, I don't know. They are maybe bitcoin fanatics, not bitcoin religious in my opinion.

The magic of the blockchain is almost spiritual. It's one of those technological paradigm shifts that feel sort of a religious experience for a nerd if you read the whitepaper and understand it. It's that awesome. Of course, it's just a mega clever mind (or a group) of people that came up to that conclusion and solved fundamental problems, but it's still insanely amazing, thats why a lot of people get hooked with this technology and can't stop researching.

[knowhow]

most of religions has some mans behind it ,they started as a small group and then raised into a big and knowed religion, because we can touch bitcoin that make it a non religion ? really your point? some people believe in a old book called biblia  written by someone .... they killed they hidden they made several things to protect or hide info about it.

Bitcoin is like culture ,there is a big information and dedication on it and some will protect it and wont let it die its revolutionary ,there are some followers of it already ,we community make bitcoin became a kind of religion ,even know that some use because low fees and huge potencial but still being a kind of religion that we ,nerds ,noobs,investors believe and follow all news about it call it vicious or religion

[dodgecharger]

Our Satoshi, who art in blockchain,
Encrypted be thy name
Thy transactions come
Thy will be done on ASICS
As it is on Github.
Give us this day our daily mining reward,
And forgive our zero-conf double-spends
As we forgive them that double-spend against us.
And lead us not into alt-chains
But deliver us from Ripple
For thine is the mining rig,
The hashing power, and the block reward,
For ever and ever
Amen.

[zeraTunerse]

in my opinion everyone crazy about bitcoin just because they want an instant money without going out to everywhere, just sit infront your gadget and "click"

Instant money is not possible my dear friend by just clicking, you need to invest your time, energy and skills if you want to earn bitcoins. It is not as simple as you are thinking, and instant money its not possible unless you gamble and win 

[knowhow]

in my opinion everyone crazy about bitcoin just because they want an instant money without going out to everywhere, just sit infront your gadget and "click"

Instant money is not possible my dear friend by just clicking, you need to invest your time, energy and skills if you want to earn bitcoins. It is not as simple as you are thinking, and instant money its not possible unless you gamble and win 

there is always a delay converting btc into fiat and withdraw it from the exchange,clicks wont make money soo easy can make cents,only if the click is dice or gamblick soo can make like instant money getting in balance lol,but well not crazy people ,a vision showed us the way forward at the present time ,you can choose ,be in or be out.

[hunnaryb]

in my opinion everyone crazy about bitcoin just because they want an instant money without going out to everywhere, just sit infront your gadget and "click"

Instant money is not possible my dear friend by just clicking, you need to invest your time, energy and skills if you want to earn bitcoins. It is not as simple as you are thinking, and instant money its not possible unless you gamble and win 

there is always a delay converting btc into fiat and withdraw it from the exchange,clicks wont make money soo easy can make cents,only if the click is dice or gamblick soo can make like instant money getting in balance lol,but well not crazy people ,a vision showed us the way forward at the present time ,you can choose ,be in or be out.

For me it hardly take 10 mins to convert my bitcoins into my local currency. I don't know why your transactions are taking time, Use localbitcoins/escrow it hardly take 10 mins to deposit money into my bank account and I am really satisfied with it.

[Mickeyb]

Why not what?
Why is not a religion or why most of the world still hasn't heard about Bitcoin?

Why is it not a religion?

Because religion is untouchable, it is just there and you choose to believe or not into it. Bitcoin is a technology, it is very real and I don't see it as spiritual at all.

Now if you think that biggest bitcoin believers are bitcoin religious, I don't know. They are maybe bitcoin fanatics, not bitcoin religious in my opinion.

The magic of the blockchain is almost spiritual. It's one of those technological paradigm shifts that feel sort of a religious experience for a nerd if you read the whitepaper and understand it. It's that awesome. Of course, it's just a mega clever mind (or a group) of people that came up to that conclusion and solved fundamental problems, but it's still insanely amazing, thats why a lot of people get hooked with this technology and can't stop researching.

Well I guess there are personal preferences on what we will call religious or not. I agree that the technology is truly amazing, that's why we are all here. But I just don't see it religious.

I guess I just have more mathematical mind than spiritual to be seeing it like this.

[bitedge]

Being a religion is one way to get tax exemption

[deliciousowl]

Our Satoshi, who art in blockchain,
Encrypted be thy name
Thy transactions come
Thy will be done on ASICS
As it is on Github.
Give us this day our daily mining reward,
And forgive our zero-conf double-spends
As we forgive them that double-spend against us.
And lead us not into alt-chains
But deliver us from Ripple
For thine is the mining rig,
The hashing power, and the block reward,
For ever and ever
Amen.

That's all the proof I need 

[silverolivia]

Seems that it is a some kind of religion for some people.
I mean even everyone on this forum is under that religion we are all interested in bitcoin and we believe in this cryptocurrency. So we are all in that!

[neoneros]

bitcoin is based on a theory, a belief and the theory is working out and we, the believers and backers of that theory are comparable to a religion. I think it is more like a revolution, one that will bring us yet another step closer to our personal development, our own independance and in the end a better world, we might never reach utopia, but we are getting closer with every step and revolution. After the economy has been freed by the blockchain we can expect the next revolution to happen, away with government and corporate bribes, or who knows what need to be revolutionised.

[interbtc]

Now go out there and spread the word!
May the spirit of Satoshi be with you.

[misterycoins]

In my opinion Cryptocurrencies and religions have nothing in common, yet the vocabulary used is very similar to religion.

[talkbitcoin]

who even came up with the idea of comparing bitcoin to religion?!!

[Amph]

Why not what?
Why is not a religion or why most of the world still hasn't heard about Bitcoin?

Why is it not a religion?

because religion trust something that does not exist, bitcoin exist and it's real(you can prove its existence virtually speaking), and while you can't touch it you can at least see it

please don't bring the bullshit about the fact that virtual thing does not exist....i hate when someone say "real life", playing video game is still a part of your "real life", this as a counter argument...