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April 08, 2016, 10:00:49 AM
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The Good Bitcoin can do, is this : Near ZERO fees on transactions. If you wanted to donate money to a charity in another country before Bitcoin, you would have had to do a wire transfer via

MoneyGram or Western Union or some kind of money transmitter service. If you wanted to donate say $10, you would have paid $3 in fees and only $7 went into the pockets of the charity. This is not

the exact prices, but you get the idea. There are also other methods... but I use that as an example. Now with Bitcoin, you give $10 and more than 90% of that goes towards the charity... no 3rd party

takes 30% before it reach the charity... and this is how it should be.  Roll Eyes { 3 million people can now also send $0.50 and they will still get a lot of money }

Yes it is best for charity and all other transactions. There is not setup fee and very low transaction fee. If you use coin base or Xapo as a wallet, it is just like free transcations. So no wasting of your money in fee and taxes.
legendary
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April 08, 2016, 09:54:45 AM
#8
The Good Bitcoin can do, is this : Near ZERO fees on transactions. If you wanted to donate money to a charity in another country before Bitcoin, you would have had to do a wire transfer via

MoneyGram or Western Union or some kind of money transmitter service. If you wanted to donate say $10, you would have paid $3 in fees and only $7 went into the pockets of the charity. This is not

the exact prices, but you get the idea. There are also other methods... but I use that as an example. Now with Bitcoin, you give $10 and more than 90% of that goes towards the charity... no 3rd party

takes 30% before it reach the charity... and this is how it should be.  Roll Eyes { 3 million people can now also send $0.50 and they will still get a lot of money }
legendary
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April 08, 2016, 09:45:14 AM
#7
Sure.
Charity for instance is a great way to use Bitcoin for.
I still dream of a TV live event where some Bitcoin supporters/users show how fast and easy and it is to collect money from all around the world for whatever project.Such an event could give Bitcoin a real boost and it would shine in positive light.But I doubt the big tv stations backed and influenced by governments would allow this.
Therefore I hope one day a celebrity will do something like that over the known social platforms.Would be awesome!
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April 08, 2016, 09:44:42 AM
#6
Still now I have been using bitcoin for good purposes like mobile recharge and some online purchase. I have a wish to go for gambling. I don't know whether it is good or bad.

Gambling is good or bad in nature itself. It has nothing to do with Bitcoins. You can do Gambling with bitcoins or Fiat currecny. So  its not the matter if bitcoins is good or bad..it is gambling which is good or bad. i hope its clear now.
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April 08, 2016, 09:25:36 AM
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yeah ofcourse,few non profit organization which work for charity now start accepting bitcoin,it's just the start,we can see all charity site will starting to accept bitcoin in the future,i've seen a charity site which gather people's money for donating an unused computer for kids in africa accepting bitcoin and it's awesome
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April 08, 2016, 09:24:16 AM
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I do't see why not. There have even been some humanitarian attempts here on the forum, some less successful than others (but it is worth a shot, right?).

I do not use bitcoin for anyting bad. I use it to buy computers and graphics cards to do some mining.
The point of this thread was not whether you are using it for good or not.
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April 08, 2016, 09:12:57 AM
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Still now I have been using bitcoin for good purposes like mobile recharge and some online purchase. I have a wish to go for gambling. I don't know whether it is good or bad.
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April 08, 2016, 08:30:08 AM
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I do not use bitcoin for anyting bad. I use it to buy computers and graphics cards to do some mining.
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April 08, 2016, 08:21:28 AM
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http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2016/04/bitcoin-hype/477141/

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Something strange is happening to Bitcoin. Once viewed as a way to do business in the darkest corners of the web, the digital currency has rather suddenly become a favorite talking point among humanitarians and international development enthusiasts.

Bitcoin isn’t just for illicit transactions or Internet hobbyists anymore, but for helping the poor, the downtrodden, and the unbanked.

Perhaps Bitcoin can save them! Perhaps Bitcoin can save the world!

Regardless of whether this attitude is realistic—and more on that in a minute—the people focused on demonstrating the social benefits of Bitcoin are challenging existing narratives about the cryptocurrency. While early commentary focused on how Bitcoin might be used to buy drugs online, or for sending money without a paper trail; the social-good argument suggests that these uses were simply the first use-cases in which Bitcoin’s utility became apparent. But there are billions of other potential use. There are, for example, people who face significant obstacles in operating within the formal banking system—and these folks look very different from the shadowy hackers that tend to be seen as the prototypical Bitcoin user. They could be low-wage migrant workers sending money back home to their families, for example, or activists receiving money from abroad during tumultuous times.
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