CONSIDERING BITCOIN AS A SOCIAL MOVEMENT: INVOLVEMENT, KNOWLEDGE, AND INVESTMENT AS MOTIVATIONS
Sorry it took so long everybody, a few bumps in the road with any major academic assignment I guess… So I conducted a survey coming up on a year ago with several online message boards that seem like prominent places for the Bitcoin community to meet and discuss. The main purpose of my research is to tease out a way that could reveal the social movement aspects of the Bitcoin community. Some of my findings turned out pretty positive I would say, revealing that especially those who have more knowledge about Bitcoin and those who have been involved longer seem to see Bitcoin for its more revolutionary aspects. I’m posting a link to it in a Dropbox account below. Enjoy!
“Bitcoin is a tool for freeing humanity from oligarchs and tyrants, dressed up as a get-rich-quick scheme” - @Naval
I love how you ended up with that one beautiful line aptly summarizing what Bitcoin truly is and what it is right now in the eyes of many.
Bitcoin has somehow evolved through the years. It has somehow developed different faces. It used to be more of a currency only known and used by a very small number of people online, often only exploiting the anonymity it gives. There seemed to be a very strict and exclusive niche of Bitcoin users before. Right now, it has already changed into an exploding global community. Bitcoin has turned into a trend, revolutionary still but the
get-rich-quick scheme factor has somehow made it more into an asset, or a digital gold as others would consider, rather than a tool to counter the status quo through which they could emancipate themselves from the chains of the current system.