the useless bitcoin mainstream efforts

[klaus]

i just wanna say the said truth to all the really straight guys (1) out here wasting time by their, sorry, useless bitcoin mainstream efforts.

i mean

 - spreading good news
 - enabling (big) online/offline merchant to accept bitcoin
 - accept bitcoin as a merchant
 - use bitcoin in daily life as much as possible

is all sweet & easy. thank you!

but the really only way bring bitcoin to worldwide mainstream is to persuade (or to force) the OPEC to accept bitcoin instead of the US$ for the oil.

if that ever happens were in the 'mahatma gandhi *then we win* phase'
amazon, ebay, facebook etc.; break paypal; .. are all minor or just small steps on the road. OPEC is the goal.


do you have thoughts or ideas how to come so far or other useful comments?


(1) no shorttime interested bitcoin or us$ hoarders/traiders

[Raoul Duke]

The US would send drones to every house they could find running a bitcoin and kill everyone if any hint of OPEC accepting bitcoins reached their ears....

[Blazr]

Somebody send them an email, surely they'll decide to accept them.

[cedivad]

Does anyone remember what Saddam announced just a few months before being invaded from the democratic USA?
They would have started to sell their oil in Euros.

(think about the power you have owning the currency that anyone wants only to buy oil)

Secondly, we don't need a super super billion dollar economy crashing in the 100M dollar economy of bitcoin, thank you.

Btw: bitcoin will begin to go mainstream in 50 days from now. I will bet my money on that.

[lassdas]

What you basically say is, that the only mainstream currency is the USD, which, i think, is kinda wrong.
Bitcoin is more than just a currency though, it's also a payment system.

There's no way we can convince/force OPEC to accept bitcoins,
Saddam tried to sell his oil for EUR once and we all know what happened to him.

But you know what? We don't have to, all they need is a BitPay account.  

[Raoul Duke]

And Libya also wanted to sell oil for gold dinars, or what the hell was the name of the currency. Gadafi was killed in a snap.
Don't mess with the FED and their OPEC monopoly, because you'll get hurt...

[finkleshnorts]

I just sent twelve emails but havent heard back yet so im gonna send a bunch more in a few minutes and tell you guys if they say anything and then you guys can tell me what to say back and then were all gonna be rich as fuck or famous plus bitcoin is awesome

[Endgame]

I think you'd have more luck getting paypal to accept bitcoin than OPEC

[finkleshnorts]

they tld me that they will look into it and then i told them about bitpay and they didnt get it??? But bit-pay its so easy y would u not have bit-pay!!!!!!!!! They just told me to buzz off.

[evoorhees]

but the really only way bring bitcoin to worldwide mainstream is to persuade (or to force) the OPEC to accept bitcoin instead of the US$ for the oil.

Hehehehe I like your ambition... but honestly the announcement from OPEC that they're switching to BTC will be waaayyy past the time when Bitcoin has already revolutionized global finance. All the benefits of a Bitcoin world will occur before organizations like OPEC touch it. They'll be among the last, and it would be silly for us to focus any energy at all on such a campaign.

[xxjs]

And Libya also wanted to sell oil for gold dinars, or what the hell was the name of the currency. Gadafi was killed in a snap.
Don't mess with the FED and their OPEC monopoly, because you'll get hurt...

There could be other reasons also...He had all the inhabintants as slaves you know.

[Gabi]

China started trading oil in yuan. America did not attack them and nothing happened.

[malevolent]

China is too big and powerful for the US to attack them. Not to mention that US depends financially on China buying US debts and US buying Chinese goods.

[laughingbear]

China started trading oil in yuan. America did not attack them and nothing happened.

That you know of.  You are nuts if you don't think Iran factors into this. I think this is HUGE WWIII type of stuff playing out.
http://etfdailynews.com/2012/10/09/china-russia-and-the-end-of-the-petrodollar/

[cedivad]

China is too big and powerful for the US to attack them. Not to mention that US depends financially on China buying US debts and US buying Chinese goods.

US could simply print as much money as needed to repay their own debt.

Isn't that funny?

[John (John K.)]

China is too big and powerful for the US to attack them. Not to mention that US depends financially on China buying US debts and US buying Chinese goods.

US could simply print as much money as needed to repay their own debt.

Isn't that funny?

US uses its military to 'repay' its debt. It's like the analogy of debt collectors avoiding the mafia bosses.

[BlackBison]

OPEC lol. Yea cos the middle east is at the cutting edge of world innovation right..

[mjc]

OPEC takes BTC

The next move would be for the US to build a 1,000 PH mining rig.  :-)

[Lethn]

If you guys stop acting like evangelicals then we won't even need to say anything to get people to accept Bitcoin, taxes and government debt will bring them to us all by itself and it's already working because people are looking for alternatives.

[paraipan]

If you guys stop acting like evangelicals then we won't even need to say anything to get people to accept Bitcoin, taxes and government debt will bring them to us all by itself and it's already working because people are looking for alternatives.

+1, I've seen it happen too many times already, because bitcoin IS an alternative