You don't use BitCoin

[axefrog]

I'll use my Bitcoins as soon as I need to buy something that happens to be available to purchase in Bitcoins. I won't buy things *just because* they're available to buy as Bitcoins.

[eve]

bitcoin for buying things and fiat for fiat

[btc_foodler]

If you live in the US in an area we service, try Foodler to get Pizza, Chinese, and more delivered in an hour.

https://www.foodler.com/user/Bitcoin.do

Are you from Foodler?  If yes, I would really like to compliment you on providing such a service with Bitcoin!  Looks real great!

I am.  Thanks.

[bitcoinbear]

How many people here actually USE BitCoin and not just as a instrument of investment hoping to 'make it rich'? BitCoin isn't actually USED anywhere, besides a very few sites. Am I wrong? Post at least 10 sites (besides BitCoinStore.com) where you can buy things with BitCoin...

There are about 55,000 transactions per day. Every transaction is somebody spending their bitcoins on something. Take a look at this chart: http://blockchain.info/charts/n-transactions

That is patently false. Way back when, I could move my funds back and forth from two different wallets 55,000 times and not spend a satoshi on anything (ah, the days before mandatory transaction fees). Now it would get expensive, but I guarantee a sizeable chunk of those funds aren't being spent on services or products.

I would guess that a bit more than half the transactions I send are to myself, moving from one wallet to another, and that is not even counting the change I get back with almost every transaction I send.

[Birdy]

I'll use my Bitcoins as soon as I need to buy something that happens to be available to purchase in Bitcoins. I won't buy things *just because* they're available to buy as Bitcoins.

This.
But the first thing to buy with Bitcoins for me has arrived, I will buy the new Humble Indie Bundles with Bitcoins now.

[Radamus]

I think that once the price gets a little more stable I might use them to buy things. For right now, I'm posting here trying to get up to the right number of posts so I can get in on the ASIC group buy. That counts, right?

[juanse1000100]

touche

But who actually USES the sites? Anyone?

How is anyone protected if there product or service isn't delivered? Really supposed to 'trust' people?

You have to trust with fiat too and you arent complaining about it

[bantam]

That is patently false. Way back when, I could move my funds back and forth from two different wallets 55,000 times and not spend a satoshi on anything (ah, the days before mandatory transaction fees). Now it would get expensive, but I guarantee a sizeable chunk of those funds aren't being spent on services or products.

Is there any way to capture what fraction of transactions represent BTC being spent vs gambled/shifted between addresses? That seems like an impossibly large task to me right now, but I'd be curious if anyone's attempted to ballpark this.

[jeannie]

I am still mining, currently have too little Bitcoin to use them

[staal]

Stored for future.

[counter]

I'll be using foodler today and I'm pretty excited about it and will use it as much as possible.