Bitcointalk effect on Bitcoin ? - page 3.

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Quote from: countryfree on June 04, 2015, 09:06:54 AM

I've seen this forum down twice. Did it have any effect on the price of bitcoin? I just don't know because I haven't thought of checking that there could be any relation between the two. A board and a currency are 2 very different things. I don't understand how one could affect the other.

When I say affect on Bitcoin I don't mean the price at all . I mean either it dies or stays alive . (more users , no users at all)
All my questions are answered on this forum and same goes for a lot of newbies im sure , Advertising of Exchange websites and the Gambling websites [ Bit-x , DaDice , PrimeDice etc ... ] first in Search Engines when you ask any question about BTC , almost every question are answered here . I know if it goes down eventually someone else will open a new website however if all the data on this website are lost .. it would be a huge loss for the Bitcoin community and that would probably decrease users .
I respect and I know it's their opinion but it's weird how most of people disagree and voted for "no" Cry

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Although not necessary for the survival of Bitcoin, I think there are a few unique threads on this forum that would be a great loss if no one backed them up. So, not crucial but great to have around.

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Im sure there are many BTC holders/ casual users that never venture onto this site... just like there are BTC non holders/rare users who are on this site frequently... some btc users may join this site get the comfort they need as beginner it BTC then slowly stop using it except rare thing... also there are other ways to figure out and if this site went down, another would be soon to pop up

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Not direct effect like the other factors, but it's a part of the community. A fair amount of BTC users use this forum and act accordingly and their different actions have some effects on the bitcoin price movement at some level. That's my opinion.

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I've seen this forum down twice. Did it have any effect on the price of bitcoin? I just don't know because I haven't thought of checking that there could be any relation between the two. A board and a currency are 2 very different things. I don't understand how one could affect the other.

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Quote from: MicroGuy on June 04, 2015, 06:16:56 AM

Quote from: RappelzReborn on June 04, 2015, 03:10:10 AM

I wanted to hear some suggestions and opinions about this , what's the real effect of Bitcointalk on Bitcoin ?
I personally don't think that Bitcoin would be that successfull as it is now if there was no Bitcointalk and a good community that answer our questions .
Also I think that if Bitcointalk goes down (like .. for ever) Bitcoin will probably go down too and lose a lot of users . I know I know you will probably say there is Alternatives like Reddit or other forums but they aren't good as Bitcointalk .

Anyway let me know what do you think about this . [ Added a poll too ]

Satoshi founded BCT and the current admin has the private keys to Bitcoin's alert system. That makes Bitcointalk the official community of Bitcoin, so I don't think it can die.

the forum has enough funds to host the site for a very long time too, its unlikely the site will die out anytime soon

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In math we trust.

I voted nope.
Although Bitcointalk was a major player in the early days,
bitcoin itself grew enough to be independent.
It spread over the internet forums and it is recognized as the number one digital currency.

However imagine a reversed scenario.
What happens to bitcointalk if bitcoin gets down?
Bitcointalk wouldn't have a reason to exist.

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Maybe it just can make little effect on Bitcoin, because we can make another forum. The best thing is, we need a forum as our discussions place for bitcoin development. If no any forum, we can't communicate each other and share what the news about bitcoin.

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It wont affected bitcoin at all when bitcointalk is down or shutting down or whatever happened. The point is people use this forum just to share anything that have a connection to bitcoin including the price but this forum doesnt asking people to buy or to sell the bitcoin, it is your own choice when you do the trading, most posts here is just some speculation so it wont affected any bitcoin price

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If we talk about current situation then I will say Bitcointalk does not has any effect on Bitcoin.At the early stage of Bitcoin this forum was very very important and it did its role in success of Bitcoin but that time has passed.Bitcoin has its own recognition and value to sustain itself.

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bitcoin is not running on bitcointalk forum! so forum going down has nothing to do with bitcoin.
besides if goes down there are always other places that are active and will become active. and people will migrate there. like reddit sub /r/bitcoin or other crypto related forums.

AtheistAKASaneBrain

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No, if the forum dies, (which it will not because I reckon they are doing great financially and it's an huge forum) someone else would capitalize on the lack of a big Bitcoin forum and create it again. As long as there is Bitcoin, there will be a forum.

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the world of bitcoin is soo big and this forum or any others forum just help us to know more about this cryptocoin
i see that bitcoin will goes up in the future

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Even if it goes down, you will still have cache of this site stored somewhere else.
Some of the oldest BBS's are still archived on other sites. The biggest influence it would have, could be the immediate answers you get from a wealth of experienced users, centered in one place.
These users might not join a new forum, if BCT goes down permanently. They would just use their accounts on Reddit, to continue the discussions.

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Bitcoin will only go down if the internets go down. So please do not push that button mister internetpresident!

So no, bitcoin is in no way related to this forum, the community behind this forum will not just vanish because of the server going down. We will find a new place to blabber about coins, there are tons of other places allready, not so centralised and crowded as this one, but it is only a place we chatter, some income comes from this forum, but we will find a way if necessary.

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Quote from: pawel7777 on June 04, 2015, 03:32:48 AM

IIRC during the 2 last downtimes the BTC price went slightly up. Assuming the price movement can be any indicator of whether BTC is/isn't doing fine, then it seems that this forum doesn't have much impact on Bitcoin.

Yes, it's great to have a dedicated forum with such large number of registered accounts. But if it ever goes down for good, plenty of other forums will pop up to fill the void.

This.

Every time I have seen bitcointalk go down the price goes up. No idea why, maybe the signature campaign people are not cashing out their money.

I haven't seen any price increase when the forum went down the other day.
It's actually lower now but I am guessing that has to do with Gavin's announcement.

Before it went down price was $235. Then when it came back up:

Quote from: sAt0sHiFanClub on May 25, 2015, 09:19:15 AM

Traded up to the 240's and then back down 236 this morning. And not a single rocket gif. Seems bitcoin can function fine without us.... Shocked

Yeah but it was at around $235 for quite a while.
If anything, the forum going down didn't affect the price at all (or until the recent Gavin news).

Which goes to prove what I also think.
That the forum doesn't really have any effect on the price.
The developers on the other hand, do have effect, which is quite normal I would say.

Quote from: MicroGuy on June 04, 2015, 06:16:56 AM

Quote from: RappelzReborn on June 04, 2015, 03:10:10 AM

I wanted to hear some suggestions and opinions about this , what's the real effect of Bitcointalk on Bitcoin ?
I personally don't think that Bitcoin would be that successfull as it is now if there was no Bitcointalk and a good community that answer our questions .
Also I think that if Bitcointalk goes down (like .. for ever) Bitcoin will probably go down too and lose a lot of users . I know I know you will probably say there is Alternatives like Reddit or other forums but they aren't good as Bitcointalk .

Anyway let me know what do you think about this . [ Added a poll too ]

Satoshi founded BCT and the current admin has the private keys to Bitcoin's alert system. That makes Bitcointalk the official community of Bitcoin, so I don't think it can die.

That is quite an interesting statement.
I do have a few thoughts on that matter though.

When we say official, then it means it comes from an authority.
Which is what makes it official.

Isn't the whole point behind Bitcoin to eliminate central authorities?
But if we do eliminate this central authority, will Bitcoin survive?

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Quote from: RappelzReborn on June 04, 2015, 03:10:10 AM

I wanted to hear some suggestions and opinions about this , what's the real effect of Bitcointalk on Bitcoin ?
I personally don't think that Bitcoin would be that successfull as it is now if there was no Bitcointalk and a good community that answer our questions .
Also I think that if Bitcointalk goes down (like .. for ever) Bitcoin will probably go down too and lose a lot of users . I know I know you will probably say there is Alternatives like Reddit or other forums but they aren't good as Bitcointalk .

Anyway let me know what do you think about this . [ Added a poll too ]

Satoshi founded BCT and the current admin has the private keys to Bitcoin's alert system. That makes Bitcointalk the official community of Bitcoin, so I don't think it can die.

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Quote from: Herbert2020 on June 04, 2015, 06:04:23 AM

if bitcointalk goes down it doesn't have any effect on bitcoin.
if anything is about to happen as a result, only price might become a little bit more stable since people are going to be less exposed to troll posts and panic sell/buy causing posts.
also if bitcointalk goes down for good, another forum lets say bitcointalk 2.0 will popup and takes it's place and in matter of days we see the same stuff there...

a fork

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if bitcointalk goes down it doesn't have any effect on bitcoin.
if anything is about to happen as a result, only price might become a little bit more stable since people are going to be less exposed to troll posts and panic sell/buy causing posts.
also if bitcointalk goes down for good, another forum lets say bitcointalk 2.0 will popup and takes it's place and in matter of days we see the same stuff there...

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Quote from: RappelzReborn on June 04, 2015, 03:10:10 AM

I wanted to hear some suggestions and opinions about this , what's the real effect of Bitcointalk on Bitcoin ?
I personally don't think that Bitcoin would be that successfull as it is now if there was no Bitcointalk and a good community that answer our questions .
Also I think that if Bitcointalk goes down (like .. for ever) Bitcoin will probably go down too and lose a lot of users . I know I know you will probably say there is Alternatives like Reddit or other forums but they aren't good as Bitcointalk .

Anyway let me know what do you think about this . [ Added a poll too ]

Another forum would simply take the lead. Bitcoin would be just fine.

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