So that you can spend the bitcoins when you want to buy things that can be purchased with bitcoins?
Or, if you believe in the long term potential of Bitcoin, then so that you can increase your purchase power as the bitcoins are valued more?
Or, so that you can secure your money with a password and create a backup of your money?
Or, so that you can protect your money from the erosion of inflation caused by the excessive printing of more currency?
Bitcoin is real money.
You already asked that. I already answered it.
If you want to gamble, you can simply gamble on websites that require bitcoins as a currency. Why would you convert your bitcoins to $?
You've now asked that question 3 times. I've answered it once. Once is enough.
Here are just a few differences:
- Bitcoins are an electronic form of money. Dollars are a physical form of money made of linen.
- Bitcoins are limited in quantity. The Federal Reserve can create as many dollars as they want.
- You can create a backup of your access to bitcoins. You can't create a backup of your dollars.
- You can secure your access to your bitcoins with a password and cryptography. You can't encrypt your dollars.
- It is much easier to store a large amount of bitcoins. It can be difficult to securely store a large amount of dollars.
- You can send bitcoins over the internet. It is difficult and/or expensive to send dollars over significant distances.
Bitcoin IS real money. You've now asked the same question 4 times. I think you might have a problem with repetition.
Bitcoin is a digital currency. It can be used to purchase online products and services. Bitcoin is the future of mobile banking. Real money is fiat. It can be affected by inflation. Real money is then produced while bitcoin has its concrete number.
The difference of bitcoin and money is, you can hold money, you can use it on buying product to the malls or anywhere while Bitcoin is a money too, a money from the internet that you can use to buy things or product through online. Bitcoin is an online money that you can use to buy online product. Bitcoin right now is our future money.