Topic: Anyone else who care less about bitcoin now than before? (Read 3385 times)

Yup, all part of our history.  Necessary for the long run.  Learn from our mistakes and what not.

You don't see AOL, Prodigy, Compuserve and Netzero anymore, do you?   

All part of a necessary learning curve.

funny you saying it using a Gox charts

(Gox coins are worth 0 right now)

It's still the plaything of speculators. The positive developments taking place should hopefully translate into greater real demand eventually.

The thread is bombed with pictures / memes or what you want to call it lol.

I try to watch the charts more nowadays, but it seems hopeless. Everyone talks about a prince increase but say something like will the exchange make a new dump and pump and so on. Not sure what to trust anymore in the bitcoin world.

Im the same. Back in the day i used to obsess over bitcoinwisdom.com. Now i just read interesting news and stuff about Bitcoin and Know it will be a global success, so no need to obsess over price.

Everyone cares alot more when something's worth $1200:



It's called greed.  Happens to be the best of us, myself included.

Maybe you cared more at first because it was a new thing to you?  Also perhaps you've realized its either going to the moon or the ground.  You could make a bit of money trading in between but why bother causing yourself the stress, far better ways live.

Oh no! Horrible The graphics... wow, what a decade.
AOL was the litecoin internet, slowly came to being completely forgotten

AOL was the alt-coin internet. Yuk.

Price movement rapidly becomes dull. The developments in the ecosystem are so fast and numerous that I can still lose a few hours keeping up with things a few times a week. Nothing of this nature has been attempted before. My fascination with where it'll end up increases every day.

I care more and more and more and more....each and everyday that it's still above $0.

It means the experiment lives one, and we get to see a full Release from this Beta stage we're still in.

Reminds me of the early to mid 90s when you couldn't get rid of of those free trial AOL or Compuserve or Prodigy CD's for trying the Internet, until one day...everyone was using some sort of service:



That's where we are right now...just trying to get people involved to at least "Try" it out.

I still care about it a lot but I spend a lot less time on the forum and trolling btc in general
That's healthy, right?

Some good replies for the thread. I am still checking the price from time to time. The day after I wrote started the thread, the price went up like $20 or something. That's good since the price were around the $220 range for a while. I just hope it rise even more and more.

I don't really know what would make bitcoin price rise to the $1k range again. Many people said earlier that when more merchants starts to accept it, the price will go up. Now we have seen more merchants than before, who accept bitcoin, but the price haven't rise, it took a downtrend. Now some other say that we need more users on bitcoin. I think that is a mix of both actually. But I still think of that, why would anyone really use bitcoin? Sometimes it's easier just with a card or even cash. I know that bitcoin have a function, and some merchants use it because less fees and that you can transfer almost what ever amount you want for like $0.002 or something, but still.

Some people also said the dollar would come to an end and therfore, people would move to bitcoin. I think that the dollar has a long time to live, remember that many people use it daily in many countries, and for some, the old money system is easier than bitcoin etc.

I think I care less about the price but I still care about the advancement of the technology that is bitcoin. I agree it was far more exciting back when I first got into bitcoin but it was on a high and constantly rising at the time... then it collapsed. Now I just patiently wait whilst I hodl. Big things will come I think if we just have some patience.

that is more like news that are played by FED, when they need to strengthen the dollar. If Bitcoin benefits from these games I am not fully convinced.

I care more about bitcoin now than when I was running 5970's for a loss on elec. costs.

Except your response isnt exactly critical thinking, is it? Problem solving, rational thinking, analytic thinking; mostly your assumptions and perspective.

CNN doco - your assumptions 'small' 'pain in the ass'. Other viewers may have thought it was fantastic, or one big fraud. Or it may be their intro to digital currency.

Coinbase funding - your perspective. I think it is an overall positive and a strategic investment by some big players. It only bumped the price very short term, the investment was the real news. Traders gonna trade it, businesses gonna promote it.

Wink ETF - sure, you're being rational. Good. No one knows. But don't extrapolate 2nd Market to it. No one knows.

BoE- Please provide an alternative option for what the paper is speaking about. How many other private digital currencies are largely known for their distributed ledger technology? This point is ridiculous.

Merchants - agree many accept purely for the self promotion. And 99% do it for USD. Obviously to be expected. Not every business accepted CC's right away. A lot of business didnt have a web presence either. Some still only transact in cash. But it has to start somewhere; it's voluntary, not fully formed & dictated.

And great observation that there has been an inverse relationship between good news and the price. We're in a bear market, crippled by thefts, media narratives, uncertain regulation and a booming global stock market. Take your pick on how much influence, if any, these factors have.

You're also equate caring with price drops. That's stupid. People give a fck, its money. Shorters, longs, techie types, anarcho, drug buyers all give a hoot as they all have a position.


Less assumptions, more balance.

edit: grammar

I care less now then when I entered, because it was just before the Silk Road crash and start of the November 2013 bubble. Those were interesting times. I guess it's not "not caring", just not wanting to check the price first think in the morning.

What are you even babbling about? Buying pressure pushed the price up to $254 right now.

There are plenty of buyers but not enough to rise more than 250$ right now but I bet we will see 400$ easily when the Dollar stops appreciating against all other currencies and we see big financial troubles in the west.