imagine a world without Bitcoin

[Anonylz]

As I was reading this title ... I thought of Gal Gadot, singing  

It is interesting to think that because technology has accelerated so fast in the past couple of decades, something like bitcoin would have seemed futuristic or impossible in the 1970's and 1980's. That said, it is fairly easy to imagine a world of no Bitcoin if you can remember back 20+ years or more .

You don't need to travel that far back to imagine a world without btc because it is pretty easy to imagine now. All you need to do is travel to places where btc is unknown or the mention of it sound foreign then you will get the picture.
Btc awareness is very limited despite all the recognition and popularity it has gained more than a decade. Someday this will happen, btc will be widely used and accepted to the point people will begin to imagine a world with it, what it would be like.

[fzkto]

While bitcoin and cryptocurrencies have adapted very little in our lives, their impact is almost imperceptible. Right now, anyone can easily imagine life without bitcoin and a cryptocurrency wallet. But what will happen when bitcoin entrenches itself in our daily lives? Life without it will be as hard to imagine as life without the internet or a smartphone!

[josgandosbro]

Bitcoin is reached all country people. Maxima people' know the bitcoins. If it is not in the World. It affects the people. It future coins. people not accpet this. Bitcoins is future coins. So people believe that coins. That the reason people will be investing the coins.  World without bitcoins not good for the future

[Stalker22]

That brings me to my question "imagine a future without cryptocurrency Bitcoin and a world without digital payments".

Digital payments existed even before Bitcoin. PayPal (originally called Confinity), for example, was introduced more than a decade before Bitcoin. In fact, Bitcoin was invented to compete with PayPal, since its primary purpose was to allow for micropayments on the internet but without the regulatory interference associated with credit cards and without the need for trusted third-parties to facilitate the transactions.

[coupable]

That brings me to my question "imagine a future without cryptocurrency Bitcoin and a world without digital payments".
___how will the world look like?
___will financial transaction be stressful and restrict?
___will there be anything like Bitcointalk forum?
___will the rate of jobless increase or decrease?
___will the rate of scamming increase or decrease?

1. A world full of greedness which is ready to destroy himself instead of finding an alternative for what causes the real dilemma (FIAT money).
2. Financial transaction have been always that stressful even by the introduce of cryptocurrencies (fees/volatility/difficulty...).
3. Not really sure about that but i don't think so if cryptocurrencies doesn't exist from the start. It's a crypto forum.
4. Considering people who work for online freelancing, the number of jobless people would surely increase knowing that cryptocurrencies is their only way to get paid as so many much of them don't have access to international payment services.
5. Scamming activities would surely be reduced as the number of scams in the crypto field is considerable compared to scams in other industries. however, this doesn't mean that scamming in the virtual world wouldn't exist without cryptocurrencies.

[OgNasty]

When I think about my adventures in Bitcoin and what my personal life would look like if Bitcoin was never invented it's pretty shocking.  I think I would have spent a great deal more time with friends and family over the last 10 years resulting in closer relationships.  I think I would have been more focused on my career instead of my crypto activities, which likely would have resulted in me spending far more time "working" in and commuting to an office.  That would likely lead me to having a nicer car and spend more time building my wardrobe while being more concerned with my appearance.  I would probably worry more about my personal finances and less about what's going on in the world.  The biggest change though, is that I would probably have an 80% lower net worth.  Who is to say which would be better?  I think I'd be happy either way. 

[Asiska02]

The world without bitcoin would not make much difference as it is now. Because with the invention of cryptocurrency, people still use it to scam. One have to be conscious while trading using the platform. It is true that with the coming of cryptocurrency it created more job opportunities to youths, especially those in developing countries who took advantage of the opportunity. I feel the world without bitcoin will still be cool and would not have much difference as it is now.

[adzino]

Imagine a world without bitcoin? You mean the world it is right now? You are making it sound like bitcoin is a mainstream currency and we can't live without bitcoin. Go to the street and ask people what bitcoin is. Most of them will say they heard about it but doesn't actually know what bitcoin is. All they know is it is some sort of currency and "people use it to do bad things" because of how the media spreads FUD. We can live in a world without bitcoin using fiat currency like we all are right now.

[oudomopo]

If there is no bitcoin, then there will be no altcoins since altcoins were inspired by bitcoin. We would never know about satoshi and his bitcoin "peer to peer" white paper. There would be no bitcoin pizza and there might be no blockchain. The only thing that is simular in the parallel universe might be stocks. I would rather live in this universe with bitcoin since it makes more money quicker than stocks. In the parallel universe, I might not be writing this as well since the forum does not exist either.

[lienfaye]

The existence of Bitcoin is really beneficial for people using it. Hence if Bitcoin is not created then people who engaged themselves in Bitcoin (or crypto in general) are the ones who will be affected.

As we know, even Bitcoin gained popularity now compared to before, many people are still not aware of its existence and even some are aware, they still prefer using fiat.

Thus there's no really huge impact in the world if it is not created. But this is not the case for the users since it became part of our lives.

[ChiBitCTy]

98% of people want to be part of bitcoin world because of it usefulness or benefits.

A very strong and confident remark. Do you have concrete confirmation of such "statistics" or is it just your desire? Show me a link to such wonderful news. It would be a big win if bitcoin was popular at that percentage.

98% of Crypto holders belong to Crypto world because of its benefits and usefulness.

I’m not sure that’s true..I think the majority of people are “involved” in bitcoin : cryptocurrencies because they can make money with it. I think the same for many of the people whom are active here in this forum, it’s just about trying to make money. Personally I really wish more people around here cared about the technological breakthroughs the bitcoin is bringing to finance. That’s why I got in to, I spent a year studying it before ever owning any..most care about “profits”, not everything else.

[FairUser]

Positive and negative news always accompanies any industry. Think more simply as the quality of life is increasing. We are more and more aware of the information in our lives, and over time, the selection creates the products that we need. So I believe that the present is the specific answer to what we have chosen before. For BTC I also think that the trust of many people now has been formed through a specific process.

[Smack That Ace]

Honestly, I'm old enough to have lived in a world where Bitcoin didn't exist And I remember it well. When I compare these two worlds, the current one with Bitcoin is better, because it gives people an alternative to become independent from the financial system.

We feel happy and blessed with the arrival of Bitcoin as it gives us financial freedom and privacy. Maybe things would be more difficult without bitcoin but in a world without Bitcoin, we will survive and continue to live and work. Bitcoin has only been around for 13 years and there are still a lot of people in the world who don't know about bitcoin.

[bitzizzix]

If the world was without bitcoin, I would think what if I was without this forum, or bitcointalk.
This forum is the best because we can get bitcoin without having to buy it (not that we don't buy it) and that's all on condition that they work or do the work that is applied or required according to their respective skills to get bitcoin as payment.
and i really believe that everyone in this forum is 100% their life changed or there is a change, especially in finance and some even made it rich and all live happily because bitcoin changed it.
And if I wasn't in this forum, I wouldn't be who I am today, and I consider bitcoin and this forum a godsend.

[Furious 7]

98% of people want to be part of bitcoin world because of it usefulness or benefits.

A very strong and confident remark. Do you have concrete confirmation of such "statistics" or is it just your desire? Show me a link to such wonderful news. It would be a big win if bitcoin was popular at that percentage.

Maybe it's 98% of the users of Bitcoins, we don't know we can't really get exact stats when we are talking about bitcoins and cryptocurrencies because everyday there is new stats that we can generally find.

Around 22% of the adult population holds Bitcoins in America therefore this stats is definately up and down.

maybe this is still not certain, okay, there are indeed a lot of people who are here because of satisfaction and feel the benefits, but on the other hand you forget other factors such as beginners who just go with the flow here because they are impressed with other people's results obtained previously.
I don't think it's based on those who feel the benefits but it's curiosity and a sense of wanting to try because other people have tried it first and they are quite benefited in that regard

[Foolhardy]

Having experienced both worlds with or without, I think it’s much better than individuals having an independent financial system. It is also good for the balance of the economy. A world without bitcoin would just remain stagnant, stuck in a loop, where the rich continue to get richer, the poor stay poor.

[Hypnosis00]

That brings me to my question "imagine a future without cryptocurrency Bitcoin and a world without digital payments".
___how will the world look like?
___will financial transaction be stressful and restrict?
___will there be anything like Bitcointalk forum?
___will the rate of jobless increase or decrease?
___will the rate of scamming increase or decrease?

I could imagine that even without Bitcoin, even without cryptocurrency, people could still live. This market change is just only a sort of innovation, it plays an important role this time as we are in the computer and internet era, and that is we need to develop a new marker design which is digital currencies. However, with the above mentioned by OP, I didn't imagine facing such problems even without the existence of crypto. Honestly, people are already comfortable with fiat money.

 Scamming, jobless, delays transaction? All of these things are still existing even this time.

[jaberwock]

maybe this is still not certain, okay, there are indeed a lot of people who are here because of satisfaction and feel the benefits, but on the other hand you forget other factors such as beginners who just go with the flow here because they are impressed with other people's results obtained previously.
I don't think it's based on those who feel the benefits but it's curiosity and a sense of wanting to try because other people have tried it first and they are quite benefited in that regard

Those people who are impressed by others are usually newbies because they see their entrance to crypto world as a great way to get in and the reason why they are in crypto. After a while they will realize that it is really not that much of a possibility and yes there are few who got in at a very lucky stage of a good coin that goes up, but that is a very rare thing.

In order to turn your few thousands into millions you need to find that one or two coin out of thousands that starts very new and keep it for a year when it gets super hyped during a good bull run. All of those hitting at the same time is rare, so they will eventually figure that out as well.

[virasog]

It is interesting to think that because technology has accelerated so fast in the past couple of decades, something like bitcoin would have seemed futuristic or impossible in the 1970's and 1980's. That said, it is fairly easy to imagine a world of no Bitcoin if you can remember back 20+ years or more .

There were no bitcoins 20 years before and we could imagine the world without them only before their existence. Since the invention of bitcoins, it's impossible to live without them.

I can't imagine a world without bitcoin. What if someone says, imagine a world without the Internet and you will say that the world without the internet will be the end of the world. We cannot say the same for bitcoins, but those who are using bitcoin, for them it is like a horrible dream to think of a world without bitcoins.

[sumant]

We all have experienced life without bitcoin and now with, big difference. Bitcoin has changed many lifes. This crypto has impact all over the world. From my point of view bitcoin learn us about cryptocurrency and trading. With this trading many of us learned different sector trading like forex and stock. Without Bitcoin no life. This cryptocurrency taken us in new world of thinking and this search will go for many years. So lets do some work