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January 14, 2014, 08:31:03 PM |
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Hello purple - my experience is somewhat like your own - except I have never ventured into mining. I first came across btc via a Guardian article talking about the Silk Road. I've known about TOR for quite a while but only started using it (on and off) since Snowden.
Also started looking at BitMessage recently (since Snowden)
I want Btc to succeed so I have put in to it what I can afford to lose (if it doesn't succeed that is - and lets be honest, the powers that be have a lot at stake here). When business/retailers start accepting Btc I will also start spending it - cos its only in the spending of it, ultimately, that I believe it will succeed - not just as the speculative bubble it is at present.
I don't know wether Bitcoin represents anarchism, mutualism/co-operativism, 21st century Marxism or a pure free market/perfect competition situation - but I do know that there is something here that could, and hopefully will, be beneficial to everday men and women throughout the world.
I don't believe there's too many people got their heads around the possible implications of btc as of yet - but due to the fact that it can't be controlled in the same manner as traditional fiat currencies by individual nation states means in itself that it must have a lot going for it.
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