Topic: Am I the only girl on here? : ( - page 73. (Read 147216 times)

Yes they do, but gender is more like a spectrum than it is a binary (or ternary) "choice". Its similar to sexual orientation in that sense. I know girls (or woman) that would rather build their own computer and write code than go shopping and I know boys (or men) that are the opposite. Its not that men and women are not different, its just that the stereotypes are wrong.

Maybe gender differences really do exist, there, I've said it.

Many of those existing big bitcoin-accepting businesses (eg. Dell and Newegg) have male customers mainly.
We need more cosmetics, fashion, accessory businesses to accept bitcoin payment, to draw women's attention to bitcoin.

Statistics in terms of voting habits (in the UK at least) show that females are more conservative than males. Money tends to bring out the conservative in everyone.

Welcome to bitcoin and bitcointalk.


I am a male but I am quite interested in this.
Do your friends not trust bitcoin because of the negative publicity (for example, the connection with illegal goods) or the geeky and nerdy impression? Or do they find bitcoin not user friendly enough?  

Just like with cars, a lot of girls don't give a damn lol.

Well, I'm a girl so make it two : )

I don't really know because I only know of one girl who uses Bitcoin at all Then again, I only know like 10 guys who use it.

I think day by day involvement of girls are increasing. What do you think?

..Would a girl really go around referring to a bitcoin miner as 'cute'? I don't think they would, but someone pretending to be one will usually use words that they think will make them sound a bit more believable. Don't take it personally, but this place is full of scammers and there are certain things that will always arouse suspicion, and being a 'girl' is one of them.

While its hard to argue FUD I doubt anyone was jailed for saying bitcoin in france. Its been a while since Ive been to paris but while I dont like police with machineguns they seemed very friendly no matter what crazy stuff I said.

The changing value part is basically a mixture between a foreign currency and a stock. Bitcoin as a foreign currency changes usefullness all the time for different people thus it goes up and down within a certain range (400-600USD atm). This is basically because Bitcoin is the local currency of the internet, but noone is actually living here. So we all have to go back and pay rent, gas etc. and yes some lucky few can pay thsoe bills with bitcoins and even get paid in bitcoin.
Bitcoin as a stock is a good running firm, its long term trend is up and it looks like it keeps going.

Just because its virtual does not mean it can just disappear. An online bank account is virtual, yet noone is afraid it will be gone just like that. To kill the entire blockchain is even harder. Every copy would have to be deleted, every backup etc. The private keys to spend the bitcoin are a different matter, but with a little preparation this should be no problem as well. E.g. electrums mnemonics are very nice as a backup system. Write it down, put it away safely and be fine.

What I often read and experience is that its best to not explain to much, but rather wait for questions. E.g. I had family over today and one was asking about my magic internet money so I explained a little and promissed to send some links via Mail. If more questions arise I can answer in more detail via mail or phone or in person.