In my opinion the fact that user friendly client software is not easily locatable is a major stumbling block for wider acceptence of bitcoin. A lightweight client should be one of the first things that you stumble across when looking into Bitcoin.
Most people are not going to be willing to download a 6gb+ wallet in order to be able to use bitcoins, it's just not going to happen!
So SSL isn't user friendly and most people don't know how to use it yet it is still in browsers
I hate when people attack the bitcoin-qt, cause it shows that your heart isn't in bitcoin, if you understood why the blockchain is big, and why bitcoin-qt is the best choice in clients. Then bitcoin isn't for you.
Bitcoin-qt is a full node, that is trustless that means your using lightweight software that could if you connect to the right peer steal your coins.
Please learn about bitcoin before using it, your going to look dumb. Also if your ISP can't handle you downloading 6gb in on month and keep it synced for the rest of the time, then your ISP shouldn't be in business, and you should change ASAP.
SSL is very user friendly because applications have been built to make it invisible to average user. Most people who are using it are not even aware of it's existence. If it had any complexity or required the user to have techinical knowledge then it would be a failure.
I know how blockchains work as I have spent the last couple of days researching Bitcoin. I understand how the distributed ledger structure of Bitcoin functions. Every client clearly does not need to have a record of every transaction in order for it be deemed safe, only the most paranoid would believe this. Yes it would be less safe than currently but more than safe enough. You only need to have a large number of super-seeders to record every transaction detail and authorise transfers. If bitcoin has not been designed to cope with this kind of structure then whilst it is undoubtedly a major step forward it is not the finished product that the world needs.
Lol at changing at my ISP. The general population or the are not going to do this.
I regularly transfer money around the world so any system that can do this without it being skimmed by third parties is obviously going to be of interest.
I am not investigating this as a potential toy or out of intellectual curiosity. I am looking at it as a tool.
Digital currency is the future, however if Bitcoin ever wants to become widely adopted then it needs to be more accessible for the end user.
If it can't accomplish this then another digital currency with similar properties will.
Kind of reminds me of Bram Cohen's first version of bitorrent.
