Do girls use Bitcoin ?

[tclo]

Most women aren't smart enough or tech savvy enough to be into bitcoin, but there are certainly a lot of them who are both and I'm sure many on this site.

[worldinacoin]

My cat also started using Bitcoin to purchase its at biscuits

[inspiredinvestor]

but there are certainly a lot of them who are both and I'm sure many on this site.

yep bitcointalk is a great place to be for place boys AND girls

[inspiredinvestor]

And cats 

[adamas]

And cats 

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=140110.msg1492820#msg1492820

[Gabi]

I remember a survey stating that only 3% of the bitcoin population are women. Why so low? I have no idea, here on the internet sex does not matter after all, only what you DO matter.
Maybe we should ask some feminists  

[greyhawk]

I remember a survey stating that only 3% of the bitcoin population are women. Why so low? I have no idea,

I do.

Most women aren't smart enough or tech savvy enough to be into bitcoin,

just ask yourself: do they need bitcoins in the kitchen?

Boys mine coins, girls bake coins.

Do girls use money?

Women don't need Bitcoins to stay at home all day, pregnant, doing laundry and cooking dinner.

[qwk]

I remember a survey stating that only 3% of the bitcoin population are women. Why so low? I have no idea,

I do.

Boys mine coins, girls bake coins.

You think girls don't have an irony detector?

[greyhawk]

I remember a survey stating that only 3% of the bitcoin population are women. Why so low? I have no idea,

I do.

Boys mine coins, girls bake coins.

You think girls don't have an irony detector?

Boys have an irony detector, girls have an ironing detector.

[qwk]

You think girls don't have an irony detector?

Boys have an irony detector, girls have an ironing detector.

I knew that would come. 

[greyhawk]

You think girls don't have an irony detector?

Boys have an irony detector, girls have an ironing detector.

I knew that would come. 

Looks like you're a boy.

[str4wm4n]

[adamas]

OMG, I just got blind   

[Frankton]

I am a girl, I use bitcoins  

[yayayo]

str4wm4n showed the dev team how to improve the client so women can use it too.

Great work!

ya.ya.yo!

[dree12]

I realize much of the thread is joking, but that doesn't justify this outrageous sexism.

Yes, women use Bitcoin. Yes, they are sufficiently tech-savvy to do it. If you look at this thread, you will find that over 7% of users on this forum are female. It is irresponsible to denounce almost 50% of the world population in this way.

If there's a reason that fewer women frequent these forums than men, it is because of the hostile environment. BitcoinTalk is not Saudi Arabia. We are not to stereotype any gender, profession, race, or location. What is Bitcoin about? Decentralization. Money in the hands of the people—all people.

Women are integral parts of the Bitcoin ecosystem. Lindsay Holland is the assistant director of the Bitcoin Foundation. All top Bitcoin companies, including the former BitInstant, BFL, Mt. Gox, BitPay, etc., employ women. A woman owns the eminent Bitcoin stock exchange and options market, MPOE/MPEX. Bitcoin would not nearly be where it is now had not been for the tireless work and support of women. This fact must be respected, not dismissed. The stereotyping in this thread is simply unacceptable.

[dddbtc]

Are girls / women interested in Bitcoin ?
Your opinion ?

My girlfriend likes buying random cheap little impulse buys off the internet (etzy and wanelo).  So I gave her two icarus chips after I sold the rest of mine on this forum.  She initially didn't think too fondly of me giving her bitcoin mining equipment (as a no reason type gift) but I set up her wallet address and hooked them up into her old desktop (that is only being used as a LAN printing server).  It already had an old 7770 of mine in there.

cgminer loads on boot and connects to bitminter on boot.

So now she can buy small things from bitmit or do a little online gambling for fun.

It still doesn't make up for all the time I spend on this forum though haha.  At least I got her past the "This whole thing you're doing has to be illegal" stage

She's cool though, I love her. And she put up with a lot of heat and fans in the house quite awhile.  Hopefully she'll mind the Klondike boards a lot less.

[yayayo]

I realize much of the thread is joking, but that doesn't justify this outrageous sexism.

Yes, women use Bitcoin. Yes, they are sufficiently tech-savvy to do it. If you look at this thread, you will find that over 7% of users on this forum are female. It is irresponsible to denounce almost 50% of the world population in this way.

If there's a reason that fewer women frequent these forums than men, it is because of the hostile environment. BitcoinTalk is not Saudi Arabia. We are not to stereotype any gender, profession, race, or location. What is Bitcoin about? Decentralization. Money in the hands of the people—all people.

Sorry, but I think you are greatly exaggerating.

It is no secret that men and women often have different interests. I've talked to women about Bitcoin and their reaction was highly sexist towards me if we would apply your criteria.

I think the environment in these forums is certainly not hostile towards women. Any woman which interests herself in Bitcoin would be warmly embraced by the community... <sexism>and if she's only almost hot-looking she would get laid in no time if she liked, because tech-savvy girls are any Bitcoiner's wet dream.</sexism>




ya.ya.yo

[QuantPlus]

Decentralization.

Girls are decentralized.

[dree12]

I realize much of the thread is joking, but that doesn't justify this outrageous sexism.

Yes, women use Bitcoin. Yes, they are sufficiently tech-savvy to do it. If you look at this thread, you will find that over 7% of users on this forum are female. It is irresponsible to denounce almost 50% of the world population in this way.

If there's a reason that fewer women frequent these forums than men, it is because of the hostile environment. BitcoinTalk is not Saudi Arabia. We are not to stereotype any gender, profession, race, or location. What is Bitcoin about? Decentralization. Money in the hands of the people—all people.

Sorry, but I think you are greatly exaggerating.

It is no secret that men and women often have different interests. I've talked to women about Bitcoin and their reaction was highly sexist towards me if we would apply your criteria.

I think the environment in these forums is certainly not hostile towards women. Any woman which interests herself in Bitcoin would be warmly embraced by the community... <sexism>and if she's only almost hot-looking she would get laid in no time if she liked, because tech-savvy girls are any Bitcoiner's wet dream.</sexism>



ya.ya.yo

Have you talked to men about Bitcoin, in the same way? I have no doubts that they'd dismiss you equally quickly.

Many women in Bitcoin have not been warmly embraced by the community. I myself was guilty of this; however, I have since apologized^[1]. In fact, in no other community I've visited does such scrutiny^[2] apply to women. When a woman claims to have registered, many forum users reply with derogating responses such as “tits or GTFO”^[3]. This harassment, too often unstopped, has led to a stunning decline in the number of forum users openly admitting their female gender. Indeed, although almost 7.5% of users identify as female in an anonymous poll, less than 4% identify as such on their profiles^[4]. This reminds me of Jeanne Baré or Billy Tipton, two cases of women disguising as men so as to avoid sexism.

Sexism is real, especially on these forums. Do not make it worse by making these inappropriate jokes.

• ^[1]: Apology for Maria incident.
• ^[2]: Example of sex discrimination
• ^[3]: BitcoinTalk post
• ^[4]: Theymos.