What Does Bitcoin Need?

[keithers]

It needs easier way to buy them, atm machines are a pita.

I agree that BTC needs to be easier to buy, maybe being able to buy them in stores...just like itunes gift cards or whatever.

I also think it needs to be easier to manage private keys and such...which a lot of the stuff that people would think is confusing.  Once all that stuff can be done in the background of apps and out of site...it won't seem so overwhelming to people that are not that technologically savvy

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[DingoStar]

I think that the confirmation time of transaction at the moment is quite optimal and reducing it does not make any sense. It would be quite useful to improve security. But most of all bitcoin needs to expand its recognition and distribution.

[Stedsm]

I think that the confirmation time of transaction at the moment is quite optimal and reducing it does not make any sense. It would be quite useful to improve security. But most of all bitcoin needs to expand its recognition and distribution.

It's mostly a matter of time, we need to wait for everyone to use bitcoin.

[keithers]

I think for 2015, BTC, now just needs to keep getting easier and easier to use.   Maybe some newer applications that can help do some of the things in the background that people find confusing or overwhelming. 

[GGGGG]

Bitcoin needs legal framework. Many countries ban cryptos, how can it grow into masses?

[turvarya]

Bitcoin needs legal framework. Many countries ban cryptos, how can it grow into masses?

The only suggestion that makes sense in this thread.
The tech is fine. Smartphone wallets are easy to use.

[botany]

Bitcoin needs legal framework. Many countries ban cryptos, how can it grow into masses?

Bitcoin needs legal framework which does not constrain its growth.

[Stedsm]

Bitcoin needs legal framework. Many countries ban cryptos, how can it grow into masses?

Bitcoin needs legal framework which does not constrain its growth.

So kind of like Coinbase's license?

[Stedsm]

Bump.

[ChuckBuck]

There's alot of things Bitcoin needs in the longterm.  In the short term, hopefully these:

-Bitcoin needs Greece to adopt Bitcoin upon it's impending "Grexit" from the Eurozone
-Winklevii Gemini exchange to finally launch
-Winklevii COIN ETF launch
-Continued innovative startups and funding rounds
-More mentions in the mainstream media, TV, and movies

There's a bunch of needs, but just this for 2015 would be dandy.

[pork pie]

Bitcoin needs legal framework. Many countries ban cryptos, how can it grow into masses?

Bitcoin needs legal framework which does not constrain its growth.

So kind of like Coinbase's license?

It needs properly licensed, insured exchanges in all the major world zones. Coinbase is a start but I heard it's not fully licensed in all US states and only does business with US citizens.

[steven.G999]

bitcoin ATM, worldwide accept bitcoin as legal tender and everyone using it as real money 

[fonzie]

A lot of them... :

[franky1]

i see 3 pages of people talking about what bitcoin needs.

in short this is what bitcoin needs.

less assholes talking on forums and more people actually doing something..
i think 95% of people on this forum think that bitcoin is a sentient being that can walk and talk and do things you ask it. but the truth is that bitcoin is not sentient, THE USERS ARE!!. (that means you, .... yes you reading this post.. YOU.. not someone else.. YOU!!)

so any a-holes that complain that bitcoin doesn't do something, or a-holes that want bitcoin to do something else, i have a tip for you.

YOU need to get involved and actually do what you want bitcoin to do. its only code after all. YOU need to actually get out your basements, and do something.

for instance if you want bitcoin to be accepted in YOUR local shop. YOU should contact YOUR local shop.
for instance if you want bitcoin to be easier to buy locally then YOU need to find people that live in YOUR local area to buy from or sell to

and if your going to reply that im calling you a lazy ass-hole. then atleast you are admitting that you recognise you are not personally doing anything .

after all the smart people that are doing things know this message is not about them

[oblivi]

A way to get all that ridiculously high amount of coins from the early adopters into random people's wallets so the coin distribution doesn't look as high as fiats and people don't feel scared to invest on it.

[commandrix]

Bitcoin needs more leaders. Basically people who can take an idea and run with it.

[GermanGiant]

i see 3 pages of people talking about what bitcoin needs.

in short this is what bitcoin needs.

less assholes talking on forums and more people actually doing something..
i think 95% of people on this forum think that bitcoin is a sentient being that can walk and talk and do things you ask it. but the truth is that bitcoin is not sentient, THE USERS ARE!!. (that means you, .... yes you reading this post.. YOU.. not someone else.. YOU!!)

so any a-holes that complain that bitcoin doesn't do something, or a-holes that want bitcoin to do something else, i have a tip for you.

YOU need to get involved and actually do what you want bitcoin to do. its only code after all. YOU need to actually get out your basements, and do something.

for instance if you want bitcoin to be accepted in YOUR local shop. YOU should contact YOUR local shop.
for instance if you want bitcoin to be easier to buy locally then YOU need to find people that live in YOUR local area to buy from or sell to

and if your going to reply that im calling you a lazy ass-hole. then atleast you are admitting that you recognise you are not personally doing anything .

after all the smart people that are doing things know this message is not about them

That is the secret of success in any field.

[keithers]

I don't use it myself, but I think we got a little push on what BTC needed, which as a US based Exchange.  Hopefully the Winklevoss one gets up and running soon, and then I think the floodgates will open again.

The easier it becomes to purchase and use BTC, the better the whole crypto economy will become...

[silversurfer1958]

Brainwallet hardening against rainbow table attacks so people can store wealth in their heads without fear
of it being 'mined' in the future.

Currently I think Brain wallets work on Sha256(Pswd) and I've often wondered if this could very simply be hardened against attack by introducing a much slower Hash function along the lines of   Sha256(Brypt(Pswd))

 

[A.F.K]

In my humble opinion this thread over complicates the issues. I don't think Bitcoin  needs anything other than time...