Will you sacrifice privacy for Ease of Use and better features than Bitcoin?

[useless4]

Like most people said, it depends on what privacy issues am I giving up. You definitely dont want to pay for something while people being able to see who bought it, and where he lives etc.

thats true, though in my opinion it wouldnt be worth it, privacy is the thing that people should have

[ebliever]

I already use a variety of cryptocurrencies for different functions. And that provides the answer to this question: When I want anonymity, I'll be willing to make a tradeoff in ease of use and other things for it. When I don't need it, I'll go for convenience and other characteristics. A lot of people seem to hate that bitcoin has competition from altcoins, but in the diversity of cryptocurrency we can find optimized solutions to a wide range of needs. One size does not, and never will, fit all.

[RoommateAgreement]

how much of my privacy.

i think many of users here don't care too much about privacy of bitcoin, we all care some about privacy but some of us a lot more than others

so if the level of privacy is not that low i won't care.

[Indrawan77]

I love bitcoin because i can used it without revealing my identity, so i won't exchange my decision eventhough it provides better speed or any better feature because for me the most important reason I used bitcoin is the anonymity

[shinratensei_]

Wait what ? The main reason why I deal with bitcoins is because of its privacy/anonymity .

So, NO ! I wouldn't sacrifice that.

PLUS bitcoins is already easy and GUI-supported. There is nearly nothing wrong with it except for the time for the transactions to be confirmed but that isn't that painful either.

explicitly, enough to say, as some of the use(s) of bitcoin must be used anonymously as in the darknet. there are no way for them to sacrifice their identity. one of why bitcoin was created was not to allow arbitrary limits

As the people is searching bitcoin for securing their privacy and they need for sacrifice it? that's very reversible with the first intention of using bitcoin.

[~Bitcoin~]

If we are not concerned regarding financial privacy than using alts that doesn't provide anonymity for faster transaction and better GUI feature will be just like using traditional electronic payment systems banks have. Bitcoin will always remain superior to other alts even other alts provide more features and ease in use.

[dryandry]

for me privacy is number one
i will not sacrifice with ease of use

[noictib]

i think with increase of the privacy of use in Bitcoin is a small other problem created . here with blockchain privacy technology in updated wallet version there is problem of using a particular adress . so i think there should not be like this privacy option which didn't make bitcoin user definite .

[BitHodler]

I always prefer privacy over anything as that is one of the main reasons I am in Bitcoin in the first place.

Easiness and "better" features is just to attract average Joe people to come on board.

Whatever is happening, I am and will always be on Bitcoin's side. I really believe in the potential that this technology has.

[1Referee]

Bitcoin is the only thing I need and use. If I was even a tiny bit interested in other coin projects, then I would spend a good bit of my time there, but to me the features they are offering are mostly nothing more than gimmicks. So no, I will not sacrifice anything for easy and use.

[pooya87]

it really depends, i can't give a general yes/no answer to this because it depends on a lot of things.

for example how much difference in lack of privacy are we talking about. and what are those new features. i know you mentioned some in your comments but in my opinion it can only be answered on a case by case basis.

[davis196]

I see more and more Alt coins and also Blockchain based technologies being developed, where privacy is destroyed to make room for

better features { Faster confirmation for transactions & user-friendly GUI } We need to consider if we value privacy {pseudo anonymity}

over better features in the future.

The attack angle from these competing technologies seem to be speed and ease of use. Will you dump Bitcoin for improved features in

other technologies and in the process sacrifice the financial privacy you have with Bitcoin?

Just curious how you see this, and what you will do, when these technologies hit the scene. They are currently a bit behind, but they are

catching up VERY fast. 

No, i won`t dump bitcoin for that.

The good thing about cryptocurrencies is that you have choice.

You can choose a more anonymous altcoin or an altcoin with less privacy but other good features. 

[Kprawn]

Ok, we have now determined that most of us would not sacrifice privacy for better features and Ease of use, but why do we then still

make use of centralized services, like for example Coinbase , BitPay etc.. where they force you to "verify" your identity to use their more

convenient systems, with their nice GUI interfaces? Try to buy something directly without 3rd party payment processors { eg. Steam

content } and you will run into these services. Merchants wants to deal with "verified" users to adhere to all these KYC/AML regulations,

and if you do not bend the knee to these services, they will not accept your Bitcoin. So is financial privacy still important to you, if you use

these services to make transactions in Bitcoin?

[BitcoinHodler]

I see more and more Alt coins and also Blockchain based technologies being developed, where privacy is destroyed to make room for

better features { Faster confirmation for transactions & user-friendly GUI } We need to consider if we value privacy {pseudo anonymity}

over better features in the future.

The attack angle from these competing technologies seem to be speed and ease of use. Will you dump Bitcoin for improved features in

other technologies and in the process sacrifice the financial privacy you have with Bitcoin?

Just curious how you see this, and what you will do, when these technologies hit the scene. They are currently a bit behind, but they are

catching up VERY fast. 

i like the level of privacy and anonymity that bitcoin is offering me. and i am not looking for much else. many of users want a lot more privacy and a lot others don't even care about privacy and use coinbase and similar services. but me, i want the middle ground, the pseudo anonymity is enough for me.
and as for newer features i have to really test them to see if they are really useful to me or just an interesting feature without any real world application.

[zend7]

I will never sacrifice privacy for ease of use. Better to learn a bit on how to use the wallet rather than compromise the privacy. I want to watch porn without showing my details. I want to gamble without showing my details. I want to trade without showing my details.

It is a lot that I lose if I sacrifice privacy for ease of use, so this a NO NO option.

[Red-Apple]

I see more and more Alt coins and also Blockchain based technologies being developed, where privacy is destroyed to make room for better features { Faster confirmation for transactions & user-friendly GUI } We need to consider if we value privacy {pseudo anonymity} over better features in the future.

this is very strange and new to me.
because wherever i look especially these days i see everyone is talking about more privacy and increasing it. with coins like Monero going to the moon and litecoin implementing anonymous transactions!!!

The attack angle from these competing technologies seem to be speed and ease of use. Will you dump Bitcoin for improved features in other technologies and in the process sacrifice the financial privacy you have with Bitcoin?

Just curious how you see this, and what you will do, when these technologies hit the scene. They are currently a bit behind, but they are catching up VERY fast. 

i don't know what technologies you have in mind, it would have been great if you could give us some examples (names).
but i wouldn't just abandon bitcoin for another feature because bitcoin is satisfying my needs.

[darklus123]

I see more and more Alt coins and also Blockchain based technologies being developed, where privacy is destroyed to make room for

better features { Faster confirmation for transactions & user-friendly GUI } We need to consider if we value privacy {pseudo anonymity}

over better features in the future.

The attack angle from these competing technologies seem to be speed and ease of use. Will you dump Bitcoin for improved features in

other technologies and in the process sacrifice the financial privacy you have with Bitcoin?

Just curious how you see this, and what you will do, when these technologies hit the scene. They are currently a bit behind, but they are

catching up VERY fast. 

If i am satisfied by their service then it can maybe let me think twice. Another one is that i know this one bitcoin exchange service in our place which is i think have registered and has a legal permit to operate.

[amacar2]

Easiest way to do financial transaction will be using bank payments or check payments which we are doing for centuries because people will always find new types of tech always harder to understand and same goes for bitcoin. Bitcoin provide far better security as well as privacy than usual ways and for people to understand all this will require few more years and be used to it. I will definately choose bitcoin for privacy rather than using other crypto for easiness and better GUI.

[fravia]

Like most people said, it depends on what privacy issues am I giving up. You definitely dont want to pay for something while people being able to see who bought it, and where he lives etc.

well you are right, but in my opinion bitcoins is really good as it is at the moment and nothing needs to be changed

[Xester]

It always depend what privacy someone needed.  And if it really helps people around the world then it is such a big yes.  Everyone wanted to have a friendly use things.  One is the system which allows anyone from everywhere to pay your bills using your bitcoin wallet.