Do you USE your BTC?

[SomethingElse]

I have heard that people claim that Bitcoin can't be real until it is being spent.  For this reason I think that Bitcoin is not a currency.  Right now I feel like it is an investment, more like gold.  But not even like gold.  I think of it more as digital shiny things, like what gold was before it was "gold".  I think that someday it will be a currency and most of us are waiting for the price to stabilize before we use it as so.  

We have to remember this is a wild revolution, a totally new way of thinking about money.  Until now everybody only used the money forced upon them by governments.  Now we are creating our own.  People haven't tasted freedom yet so they are not even sure if they want it or not.

That being said, there isn't really any place around me to spend bitcoin.  If there was I would use it more to support the platform and then replace what I spent when the price dips.

[clp16]

What about Gyft?

[kuverty]

I do. Sometimes I pay my bills with it using the bittiraha.fi service, that can be used to make payments into European bank accounts. E-banking systems here are very handy but that service is even faster.

Sometimes I make transactions with friends overseas and then I use bitcoins exclusively, bank transfers outside Europe are not very convenient. Also I've used a bitcoin payment gateway for the last couple of eBay/Amazon transactions because it was more convenient than PayPal.

Also I guess many people here have used Silk Road to buy something nice but the won't tell it here, not the more established members at least. Most Finnish bitcoiners under 40 that I know of have done it, now there is even a dedicated Finnish version of the Silk Road, but I guess also that it is more popular here than in some other countries, because the traditional channels for those things aren't the best here, in a small and sparsely populated country.

[Parazyd]

I do. Sometimes I pay my bills with it using the bittiraha.fi service, that can be used to make payments into European bank accounts. E-banking systems here are very handy but that service is even faster.

Sometimes I make transactions with friends overseas and then I use bitcoins exclusively, bank transfers outside Europe are not very convenient. Also I've used a bitcoin payment gateway for the last couple of eBay/Amazon transactions because it was more convenient than PayPal.

Also I guess many people here have used Silk Road to buy something nice but the won't tell it here, not the more established members at least. Most Finnish bitcoiners under 40 that I know of have done it, now there is even a dedicated Finnish version of the Silk Road, but I guess also that it is more popular here than in some other countries, because the traditional channels for those things aren't the best here, in a small and sparsely populated country.

There are a few of new silk roads, and they aren't that famous (for a lack of better term), which is good.

[gondel]

hI,
Seems like the poll is showing it all
Most of the people are just like squirrels with BTC. My method is that:
I spend no more then 50% of my all BTC stash and keep the rest in a safe place for the future. This is how i use my BTC and also keeping for the grandsons
BR

[kuverty]

I do. Sometimes I pay my bills with it using the bittiraha.fi service, that can be used to make payments into European bank accounts. E-banking systems here are very handy but that service is even faster.

Sometimes I make transactions with friends overseas and then I use bitcoins exclusively, bank transfers outside Europe are not very convenient. Also I've used a bitcoin payment gateway for the last couple of eBay/Amazon transactions because it was more convenient than PayPal.

Also I guess many people here have used Silk Road to buy something nice but the won't tell it here, not the more established members at least. Most Finnish bitcoiners under 40 that I know of have done it, now there is even a dedicated Finnish version of the Silk Road, but I guess also that it is more popular here than in some other countries, because the traditional channels for those things aren't the best here, in a small and sparsely populated country.

There are a few of new silk roads, and they aren't that famous (for a lack of better term), which is good.

I know. But a national version is interesting, too.

[bananaeater]

I used my BTC only once. And then price went up I mean its a normal thing to happen but it made me a lil sad.

[Treggar]

I use my bitcoin... otherwise what is the point?

It's a currency so I use it to buy goods whenever I can get them for btc. 

I've bought office furniture from Overstock.com, steam games and a win 8.1 pro key here on the forums.

A MMO - The Elder Scrolls Online: Imperial boxed edition.  For this I had to go to gyft and buy a $100 gamestop gift card and make the purchase from gamestop.  It actually was cheaper this way because I had gyft points from buying 2x $50 Rixty cards to buy some credits in the game Rift.

[jeffersonairplane]

I spent all mine which I do regret. But now I am planning to save them all.

[boumalo]

I use my BTC but my main purpose is to get more BTC in order to make a profit

I am probably the only one in this case here

[erenna]

I voted no, but there is no point in my case because I have about 0.02btc and I'm not doing anything to increase the amount D:

To be serious I bought some btc just to learn in a direct way about this world.

[Zyborg]

I voted no, but there is no point in my case because I have about 0.02btc and I'm not doing anything to increase the amount D:

To be serious I bought some btc just to learn in a direct way about this world.

But you have a paid signature, doesn't that increase your btc amount?

[fendlestick]

My adult store has turned over nearly 50 BTC it its first year so people do use it to buy stuff. We don't take Bitpay and even pay our supplier in BTC so yes it an be done and people do spend the coins.

Shameless plug for Bitcoin Sex Toys. 

[RyNinDaCleM]

I've spent about $20k at overstock since they started accepting BTC.

Edit
...and Amazon via Gyft

[bountygiver]

all my coins are mined altcoins converted

Have bought a few games for steam, still hoping more places accepting them (or at least have trusted sites that help to convert it) so I can use more services without entering CC info.

[WoopDeBoop]

i pay my web developers, seo guys, hosting and all in bitcoins

apart from that i hoard. haven't found anything worth buying yet

[Gianluca95]

Yes, of course !

Now, for my software I'll pay some translator which offers to translate my presentation

And then, I'll use to play to the casinò sometime

[ljudotina]

I voted no, but there is no point in my case because I have about 0.02btc and I'm not doing anything to increase the amount D:

To be serious I bought some btc just to learn in a direct way about this world.

But you have a paid signature, doesn't that increase your btc amount?

Do you see his activity? No...he's not active enough to receive payments 

[Watermelondea]

Never spent any, now planning to spend some on my summer vacation, thanks to expedia that is now accepting BTC.

[chaosPT]

Have been gambling with bitcoin since last year i count that as a use