What are the main problems bitcoiners face?

[PhilPrime]

Mass adoption will never happen
Scammers you can see everywhere, don't matter the currency
Never used Coinbase

About the transparency... I think it's not our problem, if the police/government wants to know something, they have to do the job, not me, not you... For me is a plus, not a problem.

The number of bitcoin users is increasing nowadays mass adaption is on going process, Bitcoin becomes stable now more facilities , apps and features that bitcoin can offer we just really need to have extra care due to those scammers.

[KingTylerVVS]

All very valid replies. Read them all. I agree with about 97%.

DO NOT WORRY ABOUT BLOCK SIZE. Think of bitcoin as gold savings, think of doge-lite-XYZ-123- etc... coin as the way you want to pay friends for even cheaper than bitcoin fees and relieve stress from the blockchain. It would work to our advantage if we had a united consensus of which coins "we" use (meaning all of us, everywhere) .... Block size can be made into an imaginary problem.

Also note that while transactions don't verify immediately, they DO appear on the blockchain immediately. If you have already traded with and trust someone, as a business you could accept payments immediately because the user cannot create the payment on the blockchain unless he has the coin in his wallet to send. Waiting for verification is not necessary between trusted parties and the wait time can be ignored.

I will tally the replies and formulate a summarized list of the problems soon, then find people I know who might can help. Changes will have to occur if crypto currency is to succeed.
Expert marketers and programmers will be employed, but even basic bitcoin users can help and we all will profit from the expansion of crypto. Godspeed and thank you all.
~ The King

[Rude Boy]

There havemore scam websites than the real exchanges. And I've to pay m low then 30th fees nowadays when I use mobile wallets which is most comfortable for me. There should be even more adoption, so that I can directly spend bitcoin everywhere without exchanging it to my local currency.

[Huge Black Woman]

The straight up number of mongoloid halfwits that comprise the bitcoin community,  an' there is aplenty.   Bitcoin users tend to be they own worst enemies.

[ardentvolcanoes]

I am conducting a sort of survey on what we all see as problems in the bitcoin community.

I hope to spark an open discussion that eventually reaches a consensus.

We should probably focus on only the top 7, or maybe top 10, 5 etc...

What are the MAIN problems you face, or you have seen others face, with bitcoin?





I will list what I think are the top problems. NOTE that these are my personal opinions...
1. Still not adopted by enough of the masses to appear in local businesses
2. Too many god damn scam websites,
3. Coinbase closed my account for no reason, a law should exist to prevent businesses denying individuals key services
4. Coinbase currently is the only way to automatically send RECURRING bitcoin payments - recurring transactions a must
5. no transparent, openly white hat bounty hacker police for problem #2 - an internet police white hat hacker network would be nice

"Identifying problems leads to solutions to those problems.
I have the passion and drive to find people who can solve said problems.
Thank you for any input you may have to offer. Long live Bitcoin!"
~ The King

the only problem that I've always complain is that bitcoin is not yet adopted by other local businesses and the only way to use and spend it is to cash it out  into fiat and so far nothing else aside from that. i do not bother myself to those scam websites as I am not F*ckin dealing with them.

[Catlonid]

I am conducting a sort of survey on what we all see as problems in the bitcoin community.

I hope to spark an open discussion that eventually reaches a consensus.

We should probably focus on only the top 7, or maybe top 10, 5 etc...

What are the MAIN problems you face, or you have seen others face, with bitcoin?





I will list what I think are the top problems. NOTE that these are my personal opinions...
1. Still not adopted by enough of the masses to appear in local businesses
2. Too many god damn scam websites,
3. Coinbase closed my account for no reason, a law should exist to prevent businesses denying individuals key services
4. Coinbase currently is the only way to automatically send RECURRING bitcoin payments - recurring transactions a must
5. no transparent, openly white hat bounty hacker police for problem #2 - an internet police white hat hacker network would be nice

"Identifying problems leads to solutions to those problems.
I have the passion and drive to find people who can solve said problems.
Thank you for any input you may have to offer. Long live Bitcoin!"
~ The King

the only problem that I've always complain is that bitcoin is not yet adopted by other local businesses and the only way to use and spend it is to cash it out  into fiat and so far nothing else aside from that. i do not bother myself to those scam websites as I am not F*ckin dealing with them.

you right, but I think bitcoin not yet adopted by other local businesses because many people or country assumption bitcoin is used to illegal activities, so many local businesses not yet adoption bitcoin. bitcoin is also not familiar in my country. I hope bitcoin always grow up and welknown and can be used in daily life.

[carlisle1]

I am conducting a sort of survey on what we all see as problems in the bitcoin community.

I hope to spark an open discussion that eventually reaches a consensus.

We should probably focus on only the top 7, or maybe top 10, 5 etc...

What are the MAIN problems you face, or you have seen others face, with bitcoin?





I will list what I think are the top problems. NOTE that these are my personal opinions...
1. Still not adopted by enough of the masses to appear in local businesses
2. Too many god damn scam websites,
3. Coinbase closed my account for no reason, a law should exist to prevent businesses denying individuals key services
4. Coinbase currently is the only way to automatically send RECURRING bitcoin payments - recurring transactions a must
5. no transparent, openly white hat bounty hacker police for problem #2 - an internet police white hat hacker network would be nice

"Identifying problems leads to solutions to those problems.
I have the passion and drive to find people who can solve said problems.
Thank you for any input you may have to offer. Long live Bitcoin!"
~ The King

the only problem that I've always complain is that bitcoin is not yet adopted by other local businesses and the only way to use and spend it is to cash it out  into fiat and so far nothing else aside from that. i do not bother myself to those scam websites as I am not F*ckin dealing with them.

you right, but I think bitcoin not yet adopted by other local businesses because many people or country assumption bitcoin is used to illegal activities, so many local businesses not yet adoption bitcoin. bitcoin is also not familiar in my country. I hope bitcoin always grow up and welknown and can be used in daily life.

same here in my country bro bitcoin is not yet adopted by local businesses and some people is not yet familiar with bitcoin as they are not aware of some new stuffs on the internet and only a few people here in my country uses it therefore i think this is the main problem .

[Doms]

There havemore scam websites than the real exchanges. And I've to pay m low then 30th fees nowadays when I use mobile wallets which is most comfortable for me. There should be even more adoption, so that I can directly spend bitcoin everywhere without exchanging it to my local currency.

The mass adoption we are hoping might take a while to materialize because bitcoin is still in its developmental stages. We, as early adopters, should just continue to spread the word and be like ambassadors of bitcoin by making more purchases with bitcoin, talking about it in social media and all other helpful things that will assist others in learning about bitcoin.

[pooya87]

There havemore scam websites than the real exchanges. And I've to pay m low then 30th fees nowadays when I use mobile wallets which is most comfortable for me. There should be even more adoption, so that I can directly spend bitcoin everywhere without exchanging it to my local currency.

The mass adoption we are hoping might take a while to materialize because bitcoin is still in its developmental stages. We, as early adopters, should just continue to spread the word and be like ambassadors of bitcoin by making more purchases with bitcoin, talking about it in social media and all other helpful things that will assist others in learning about bitcoin.

that is good but mass adoption is not really the main problem of bitcoin. it is something that needs time to resolve itself slowly.

and i see so many people talking about scams which takes place using bitcoin. and again that is the problem that people on the internet face not bitcoin itself. what we can say about bitcoin is mainly about its block size limit which is starting to get annoying.

[shintosai]

I am conducting a sort of survey on what we all see as problems in the bitcoin community.

I hope to spark an open discussion that eventually reaches a consensus.

We should probably focus on only the top 7, or maybe top 10, 5 etc...

What are the MAIN problems you face, or you have seen others face, with bitcoin?





I will list what I think are the top problems. NOTE that these are my personal opinions...
1. Still not adopted by enough of the masses to appear in local businesses
2. Too many god damn scam websites,
3. Coinbase closed my account for no reason, a law should exist to prevent businesses denying individuals key services
4. Coinbase currently is the only way to automatically send RECURRING bitcoin payments - recurring transactions a must
5. no transparent, openly white hat bounty hacker police for problem #2 - an internet police white hat hacker network would be nice

"Identifying problems leads to solutions to those problems.
I have the passion and drive to find people who can solve said problems.
Thank you for any input you may have to offer. Long live Bitcoin!"
~ The King

the only problem that I've always complain is that bitcoin is not yet adopted by other local businesses and the only way to use and spend it is to cash it out  into fiat and so far nothing else aside from that. i do not bother myself to those scam websites as I am not F*ckin dealing with them.

you right, but I think bitcoin not yet adopted by other local businesses because many people or country assumption bitcoin is used to illegal activities, so many local businesses not yet adoption bitcoin. bitcoin is also not familiar in my country. I hope bitcoin always grow up and welknown and can be used in daily life.

same here in my country bro bitcoin is not yet adopted by local businesses and some people is not yet familiar with bitcoin as they are not aware of some new stuffs on the internet and only a few people here in my country uses it therefore i think this is the main problem .

Oh well in time mate it will be adopted by more and more people we just needed to help it as well by simply introduce how bitcoin works and attract them to try investing or try the good opportunity to earn from it and give them specific guides because purpose will add more value in investors mind.

[croutonhexagon]

Problems faced by bitcoiners are not limit to one. It may be governmental issue or it could be personal issue. Like government could ban bitcoin and all our money in wallet will go in vain. Other factors could be like family problem or any personal problem.

[freedomgo]

Problems faced by bitcoiners are not limit to one. It may be governmental issue or it could be personal issue. Like government could ban bitcoin and all our money in wallet will go in vain. Other factors could be like family problem or any personal problem.

It's will not affect hugely even some countries will ban bitcoins, remember in every country there's one government while we are using bitcoin as a universal currency. We have freedom online and that is because of bitcoin, therefore we should be thankful that bitcoins was created so we will not rely on fiat.

[asuryan180]

There are no or almost no BTC ATMs,a lot of the shops or banks don't accept BTC which would be really useful if you had to pay a credit and instead of going to a place to give the cash,you could do it by BTC and that would be really great but instead you have to do it the hard way.Also it doesn't seem like anytime soon this is going to change and this is something which should be adressed.

[Xester]

There havemore scam websites than the real exchanges. And I've to pay m low then 30th fees nowadays when I use mobile wallets which is most comfortable for me. There should be even more adoption, so that I can directly spend bitcoin everywhere without exchanging it to my local currency.

The mass adoption we are hoping might take a while to materialize because bitcoin is still in its developmental stages. We, as early adopters, should just continue to spread the word and be like ambassadors of bitcoin by making more purchases with bitcoin, talking about it in social media and all other helpful things that will assist others in learning about bitcoin.

I Think mass adaptation is not a problem, many people are now ready to accept Digital Currency, The development stage of bitcoins was already done. People are open minded to use other currency as long as it can help them. Exchanger is not a problem also because you can convert your bitcoins now into cash anytime and withdraw it using your atm card. I think the only problem that we can encounter was the fluctuation of Bitcoin price if ever.

[raven7886]

I am conducting a sort of survey on what we all see as problems in the bitcoin community.

I hope to spark an open discussion that eventually reaches a consensus.

We should probably focus on only the top 7, or maybe top 10, 5 etc...

What are the MAIN problems you face, or you have seen others face, with bitcoin?





I will list what I think are the top problems. NOTE that these are my personal opinions...
1. Still not adopted by enough of the masses to appear in local businesses
2. Too many god damn scam websites,
3. Coinbase closed my account for no reason, a law should exist to prevent businesses denying individuals key services
4. Coinbase currently is the only way to automatically send RECURRING bitcoin payments - recurring transactions a must
5. no transparent, openly white hat bounty hacker police for problem #2 - an internet police white hat hacker network would be nice

"Identifying problems leads to solutions to those problems.
I have the passion and drive to find people who can solve said problems.
Thank you for any input you may have to offer. Long live Bitcoin!"
~ The King

the only problem that I've always complain is that bitcoin is not yet adopted by other local businesses and the only way to use and spend it is to cash it out  into fiat and so far nothing else aside from that. i do not bother myself to those scam websites as I am not F*ckin dealing with them.

I think this is not such a big problem; this problem will be solve with the passage of time. As the number of bitcoin users are not still so much people still need awareness about bitcoin and only then we can aspect a good service from bitcoin, as in my area when I start using bitcoin there was not a single shope who was accepting bitcoin they even not heard the name of bitcoin, but now there is one shop in which we can do shopping using bitcoin directly.

[Mastsetad]

If we are really talking about problems and not about the things that should be there then i would say that delay in transactions is the major problem bitcoin users are facing these days, we can see a lot of threads about this as well on this forum, and i recently read a thread where it was mentioned that there are almost 30,000 unconfirmed transactions. So that is a big problem for now i guess.

[TechnologyExplorer]

Hello,

First of all getting a confirmation of bitcoin transaction requires a lot of patience. Sometimes it tests it to the core and the stress builds up.

Merchants are not showing much interest in other parts of the world, as they are showing in UK. This has to improve in true sense.

The conversion fee is too high. May be exchanging companies have to cut it by 50%

[thejaytiesto]

The problem is that people is simply not ready yet for bitcoin. First world people will not see a point in bitcoin until governments start pushing their ban on cash agenda, right now only the big bills are going to get removed, but eventually smaller bills wil lget removed too and this will cause people to start looking for alternatives, its then where bitcoin will shine since it will be the only way out to get around the government sick control over 100% of people's money.

[tee-rex]

I will list what I think are the top problems. NOTE that these are my personal opinions...
1. Still not adopted by enough of the masses to appear in local businesses
2. Too many god damn scam websites,
3. Coinbase closed my account for no reason, a law should exist to prevent businesses denying individuals key services
4. Coinbase currently is the only way to automatically send RECURRING bitcoin payments - recurring transactions a must
5. no transparent, openly white hat bounty hacker police for problem #2 - an internet police white hat hacker network would be nice

"Identifying problems leads to solutions to those problems.
I have the passion and drive to find people who can solve said problems.
Thank you for any input you may have to offer. Long live Bitcoin!"
~ The King

While Bitcoin transactions are relatively cheap themselves, the percentage that many exchanges take for transferring fiat to them is insane. It may not matter that much if you just come to buy a few bitcoins with no intention of selling them any time soon, but if you are a trader, this may be very annoying and discouraging. Some people use exchange codes to get cheap rates, but I don't trust moneychangers.

[btvGainer]

Yes the biggest problem that I face is to find place,services and individuals that accept bitcoin and because of that I have to first convert it to my local currency before I could spend it.Another problem is indian exchanges to not offer conversion rate at par with international bitcoin rates