What use is Bitcoin if in 9 years you cant even buy groceries with this shit
You cant build a business on bitcoin because of the volatility and even if you try to runa business on bitcoin you have to wait forever for a transaction to be sent
whats the point of bitcoin, if you cant do anything with this shit?
That is not true. It started with pizza and now you can buy elctronic gadgets, steam/video games, book tickets, restuarants, aviation/travel and then there are many more things you can buy using bitcoins, but most importantly you can use websites like eGifter or Gyft to buy gift cards which you can redeem at Amazon, BestBuy, and hundreds of other popular retailers (gorcery shopping included). Yeah, if you want to buy groceries from your neighborhood store then it might not be possible at this time, but it would be once local merchants start realizing the full potential of bitcoin. The so called shit has evolved a lot in the last 9 years.
One of the characteristics of bitcoin is its volatility which is one of its biggest problems also, this uncenrtainly over price is why some people avoid it.
Bitcoin volatility will match major fiat currencies by 2019. This is from October 28, 2016. Comparing with today, there will be difference in stats, but not much.
http://woobull.com/bitcoin-volatility-will-match-major-fiat-currencies-by-2019/For a currency with a tiny market cap of $10b, compared to say the Euro’s M1 money supply of $7.5t, bitcoin’s price stability is ridiculously good.
What we are seeing is bitcoin’s peak volatility is reducing steadily and will enter the realms of fiat currency (below 5.5%) by around July 2019.
The economic properties needed for bitcoin to go mainstream are developing quickly. If we take fiat-level FOREX volatility as a level in which the public find acceptable (this is not necessarily true), we are less than 2 years out for the start of prime time “bitcoin as payments” heaven.
Bitcoin Volatility Index
https://www.buybitcoinworldwide.com/volatility-index/Last 60-day estimate -
5.32%Last 30-day estimate -
4.11%The volatility of gold averages around 1.2%, while other major currencies average between 0.5% and 1.0%
So it is safe to say that bitcoin would become less volatile in the coming years.
Right now the fee is an issue for small transactions. The scaling/fee issue would probably get resolved in the next couple of months.
Hope it would not take another 9 years for you understand the point of bitcoin.