bitcoin article (gizmodo) one more media source stating the death of bitcoin

[evolve]

http://gizmodo.com/5828710/the-bitcoin-is-dying-whatever

[Yankee (BitInstant)]

Step 1- Watch the price go down

Step 2- Buy

Step 3- Watch the price go up

Step 4- make money 

[stick_theman]

Lulz!  Bitcoins are founded by absolutely nothing?  If this is the sole argument to justify Bitcoin is dead then, I would invite the author to think twice.

Founded by absolutely nothing is heck a lot better than founded by debt upon inception.

[Tasty Champa]

Step 1- Watch the price go down

Step 2- Buy

Step 3- Watch the price go down more

Step 4- lose money  :/

I fixed that for you,
a good number of us study it and this is the observed correlation.

[the founder]

there is one positive aspect regarding the sudden price drop...  people might actually spend them buying services rather than hording them.

people held on to them like no tomorrow because they though the price would go up...  now it's proven that isn't the case...  so they might be more inclined to spend them....  if merchants want to accept that risk now.

[jackjack]

there is one positive aspect regarding the sudden price drop...  people might actually spend them buying services rather than hording them.

people held on to them like no tomorrow because they though the price would go up...  now it's proven that isn't the case...  so they might be more inclined to spend them....  if merchants want to accept that risk now.

Or they sell all their coins quickly... Which makes the price even lower

[Mousepotato]

Dead? Rofl! Bitcoin != exchange rate

[malbritten]

there is one positive aspect regarding the sudden price drop...  people might actually spend them buying services rather than hording them.

people held on to them like no tomorrow because they though the price would go up...  now it's proven that isn't the case...  so they might be more inclined to spend them....  if merchants want to accept that risk now.

My thoughts exactly.  The hoarders are what will kill BTC.  Hopefully the rate will stay at $7 for a few weeks will work to assuage any merchant's fears. 

Stop hoarding. Support merchants.

[TheBitMan]

Bitcoin is still 7x stronger than 1 US dollar soooo.. if Bitcoin is dead the US is in worse condition than every one thought.

[Steve]

One day, these people will come to realize that in fact, bitcoin does have fundamental value (I say fundamental as opposed to intrinsic ...no, a bitcoin doesn't make for nice jewelry, but the system itself does enable things that are not possible with anything else in existence...and that, is valuable).  I don't know if they continue to spread this misinformation on purpose, or if they are just too dense to get it.

[malbritten]

Bitcoin is still 7x stronger than 1 US dollar soooo.. if Bitcoin is dead the US is in worse condition than every one thought.

I don't think that the article was trying to make the argument that Bitcoin is invalid once it goes lower than the dollar or tied to a specific exchange rate. Rather, I think they were saying that the wild up-down-up-way down of the exchange rate demonstrates that BTC is controlled purely by speculation and has no value outside of that.  I'm not really sure that, at this point, I disagree with that assumption.

I do disagree with the article that BTC is dead and that it will never have any value because you "can't hold it".  Obviously WoW and other MMOs have proven that digital objects have real value.  For a tech website, who ever wrote that article is really tech ignorant.

[foggyb]

The US Dollar "backed by the FDIC". HAHAHAHAHHAAHA!

No, they just print more. Its not "insurance".

Imagine if the world reserve currency were famous paintings. Would it be "insurance" if any loss were replaced by a new copy?

Dollars have 'less' intrinsic value than sand. We can never make more sand if we run out of it.

Insurance? Nah, more like assurance. Of devaluation.

[TraderTimm]

The Fed better print more money - Dow Jones Index is down over 600 points. But I'm sure that is only a few more trillion to get us into the green, right? (LOL.)

Gizmodo has never been 'into' bitcoin. Them declaring it dead isn't a big surprise. So I suppose every day we persist and don't go to zero means they're wrong? Easy bet to take.

[ampirebus]

if anybody calls "the atlantic" www.theatlantic.com the mainstream media thy need to get their head checked... its one of the "real liberal media" sites, you know the ones with contributors who get labelled as crazies if they get the luck to even be mentioned on mainstream media channels/outlets...

the atlantic article worries me.

[Littleshop]

I don't see it.  Just because the price is changing, does not mean it is dying.  I just packed up more orders last night for my stuff and spent more coins in the community as well. 

[Shinobi]

With the value of Bitcoin being derived almost exclusively on optimism of increased value via speculation, Bitcoin's value is precisely what its exchange value is. There is nothing else you can effectively do with Bitcoin. No goods/service economy to speak of. No widespread adoption. Bitcoin = exchange value, and its drop is because (1) people are pulling their money out of the game and (2) Bitcoin's are suffering tremendous inflation as Bitcoin's continue to be mined and dumped onto the market. All the defationary glory comes after mining ends, not now.

Lol.

Dead? Rofl! Bitcoin != exchange rate

[SmokeAndMirrors]

Gizmodo has never been 'into' bitcoin. Them declaring it dead isn't a big surprise. So I suppose every day we persist and don't go to zero means they're wrong? Easy bet to take.

Quite a few people who frequent Gizmodo ended up getting into the bitcoin game when the big "boom" happened. The fact that they're advertising bitcoins is dead won't have much affect though as the ones who did come from Gizmodo have probably already formed their own opinions on whether bitcoins will succeed or fail.

I always say "to each their own," so it makes me sad to see these big-timer sites declaring some bullshit like this. Sure, it's not $32 a pop anymore, but I'm pretty sure you ask anyone in our world who knows about bitcoins in the slightest bit and they'd prefer 25 bitcoins to 25 USD any day of the week.

[hawks5999]

wait gizmodo does something beside aapl keynote coverage??

I did not know that.

[Serge]

Good, then we can expect another article form them in the future: Bitcoin is Jesus it came to life again

[twobits]

if merchants want to accept that risk now.

I'll accept the risk.

Stop hoarding. Support merchants.

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Nice 404 page...   looks like you meant  http://www.ogdogg.com/shirts.html