2017: Now it happens

[Joohansson]

I've been following Bitcoin and the whole crypto-blockchain-scene closely since 2012 and I'm beginning to see overwhelming positive news over the whole spectrum. Has Bitcoin finally overcome its infancy and beginning its teenage and acceptance in the world? Will 2017 be a good year? I think it will, maybe the best so far.

[_nur]

2017 is the year of altcoins...

bitcoin will loose it's marketshare due to lack of innovation and real world usage adoption

30mins for confirmation? come on...

[mobnepal]

2017 is the year of altcoins...

Which altcoin  almost every coin with big promises are still struggling to get good marketcap.

bitcoin will loose it's marketshare due to lack of innovation and real world usage adoption

Actually marketcap of bitcoin is almost 15 times more than ethereum (second on the list) and talking about real world usage, i haven't seen any store which accept ethereum or monero etc.

30mins for confirmation? come on...

Use around 70-80 satoshi per byte of your transaction than it will get confirmed within next block. 

[Amph]

2017 is the year of altcoins...

bitcoin will loose it's marketshare due to lack of innovation and real world usage adoption

30mins for confirmation? come on...

Funny post, not even a single alt is doing well aside form the random pump and dump, and not a single one is used to purchase stuff like bitcoin

bitcoin is the only currency actually used for what it is, there is no innovation needed on top of what bitcoin offer already(btw anonimity is a feature not an innovation if you compare it to monero..., bitcoin is already innovative enough

[Pursuer]

I've been following Bitcoin and the whole crypto-blockchain-scene closely since 2012 and I'm beginning to see overwhelming positive news over the whole spectrum. Has Bitcoin finally overcome its infancy and beginning its teenage and acceptance in the world? Will 2017 be a good year? I think it will, maybe the best so far.

well yeah. every year we are one step closer to real mass adoption and each year we hear better news about bitcoin, and hear less negativity about it. specially in the news and the media. and ever since price started moving up again, and went past the ATH and now is trying it again, many are seeing it as a reliable investment too.
but I hope we can see more merchants and more usage as a currency and less as investment.

2017 is the year of altcoins...
bitcoin will loose it's marketshare due to lack of innovation and real world usage adoption

dream on...

[n0ne]

2017 is the year of altcoins...

bitcoin will loose it's marketshare due to lack of innovation and real world usage adoption

30mins for confirmation? come on...

Confirmation is just a part of it, for this we cannot define bitcoin has fallen and 2017 to be the year of altcoins. These days the volatility of bitcoin have decreased a lot compared to the altcoins. This makes bitcoin to be the successful digital asset of all time.

[NorrisK]

2017 is the year of altcoins...

bitcoin will loose it's marketshare due to lack of innovation and real world usage adoption

30mins for confirmation? come on...

I don't think so.. 2016 has seen the rise of many many altcoins and even coins that matched the previous highs of litecoin.

This will be the year of bitcoin. Bitcoin has been stable at much higher levels than in the years before and now itches to blast past the 1000 mark again, this time for a much longer period of time.

[shinratensei_]

I've been following Bitcoin and the whole crypto-blockchain-scene closely since 2012 and I'm beginning to see overwhelming positive news over the whole spectrum. Has Bitcoin finally overcome its infancy and beginning its teenage and acceptance in the world? Will 2017 be a good year? I think it will, maybe the best so far.

Without the problem fixing and bitcoin will neve being better in this year, I take an example like the spam transactions were happening on yesterday. Does bitcoin still need a lot of the repair? yes, it does.
According from their current price and 2017 is the better year for bitcoin.

[szpalata]

I've been following Bitcoin and the whole crypto-blockchain-scene closely since 2012 and I'm beginning to see overwhelming positive news over the whole spectrum. Has Bitcoin finally overcome its infancy and beginning its teenage and acceptance in the world? Will 2017 be a good year? I think it will, maybe the best so far.

I agree with you, Bitcoin will rise higher on 2017 looking at the analysis of growth in the past 3 days and also early this year but my concern has to do with the delay in transaction confirmations, I think it has to be resolved before I can certainly confirm that it will soar in 2017.

[Ewinsane]

2017 is the year of altcoins...

bitcoin will loose it's marketshare due to lack of innovation and real world usage adoption

30mins for confirmation? come on...

i don't think bitcoin has any competition with altcoin in any sense and the way bitcoin is improving day by day. The altcoin is far away from it and i don't think it has loose its marketshare or it is not innovative..... it is much more innovative then any other cryptocurrency thats why it is the most used cryptocurrency in the whole world...

[erickkyut]

I've been following Bitcoin and the whole crypto-blockchain-scene closely since 2012 and I'm beginning to see overwhelming positive news over the whole spectrum. Has Bitcoin finally overcome its infancy and beginning its teenage and acceptance in the world? Will 2017 be a good year? I think it will, maybe the best so far.

Yes! it is now happening in 2017. This will be the lucky year for bitcoin. It is now becoming more popular and well-known to the world. Before there are lots of people who doesn't believe on bitcoin but now, the number who patronize it is growing rapidly!

[Senor.Bla]

is this one of those endless threads where Bitcoin will make it? Time to open a Bitcoin is dead again thread too. Anyway Bitcoin is in the news more often know and people have it on the radar. Also the price seems to reach certain regions where it will not likely go to much down. But i too miss the progress in the technology. If we want mass adoption, then we need to be prepared. Bitcoin need to be prepared, and right know it is not. This is a danger, that could make this a story with no happy end.

[sartorpc]

I am very afraid about that 30 min confirmation, it is that still a problem? how can be solved?

[mrkevio]

I am starting to see less articles about Bitcoin and its "illegal use" which is nice.this means Bitcoin is going to get a little bit more popular because people are usually staying away from these kinds of things: if you saw an article about an app that is being used by terrorists, I am pretty sure you won't use it ever unless you're an extremely curious person. I hope from this year BTC will rise both in its price and popularity.

[talkbitcoin]

I am very afraid about that 30 min confirmation, it is that still a problem? how can be solved?

in short term it is solved as soon as the attackers stop spamming the network. if you look at this chart https://blockchain.info/charts/mempool-count?timespan=60days you can see what i mean. if it was genuine number of txs we would have experienced 50k+ every day not temporarily.

in long term block size must be increased and there is no escaping that.

[bering]

i'm not following bitcoin since was born and i think bitcoin already through bad situations on 2014 when people thought the price will continue to fall but bitcoin could proof that little by little able to rise up and i think on 2017 bitcoin will much better than previous years or at least in my point of view that the price will never dropped again to $300 below

[wavespump]

I've been following Bitcoin and the whole crypto-blockchain-scene closely since 2012 and I'm beginning to see overwhelming positive news over the whole spectrum. Has Bitcoin finally overcome its infancy and beginning its teenage and acceptance in the world? Will 2017 be a good year? I think it will, maybe the best so far.

I am pretty sure that Bitcoin is gonna be widespread in the world, bitcoin is the cheapest way to transfer money in remittance service. Bitcoin is extremely awesome because blockchain technology is acknowledged by most banks and corporations. In the near future(within 5 years) bitcoinwill be accpeted by the main stream banks and companies.

[stomachgrowls]

I've been following Bitcoin and the whole crypto-blockchain-scene closely since 2012 and I'm beginning to see overwhelming positive news over the whole spectrum. Has Bitcoin finally overcome its infancy and beginning its teenage and acceptance in the world? Will 2017 be a good year? I think it will, maybe the best so far.

I am pretty sure that Bitcoin is gonna be widespread in the world, bitcoin is the cheapest way to transfer money in remittance service. Bitcoin is extremely awesome because blockchain technology is acknowledged by most banks and corporations. In the near future(within 5 years) bitcoinwill be accpeted by the main stream banks and companies.

I dont think soo that bitcoin will be accepted on banks or companies fully in the future instead government will surely create there own e-currency the same to bitcoin but in a form of decentralized one unlike to bitcoin.It may be accepted even more in the future but only to the boundary of being used on money transfers not basing on becoming a main currency.

[piloder]

Without the problem fixing and bitcoin will neve being better in this year, I take an example like the spam transactions were happening on yesterday. Does bitcoin still need a lot of the repair? yes, it does.
According from their current price and 2017 is the better year for bitcoin.

What problem you are talking about? Those spam transactions clogging bitcoin network? If yes than those attacks can't last for long time so that will not cause much trouble if you add few more satoshi in fees.

Price growth is healthy this days and i think price can easily cross $2K by end of this year.

[BitcoinPanther]

2017 is the year of altcoins...

bitcoin will loose it's marketshare due to lack of innovation and real world usage adoption

30mins for confirmation? come on...

Funny post, not even a single alt is doing well aside form the random pump and dump, and not a single one is used to purchase stuff like bitcoin

bitcoin is the only currency actually used for what it is, there is no innovation needed on top of what bitcoin offer already(btw anonimity is a feature not an innovation if you compare it to monero..., bitcoin is already innovative enough

Indeed, I cannot see any altcoin that will surpass Bitcoin this year 2017.  Security wise, I think Bitcoin security had been tested unlike several altcoins.  When it comes to marketshare and innovation plus the real world usage, I doubt  Altcoin can be compared to Bitcoin when it comes to adoption and transactions.