"First they ignore us, then they laugh at us, then they fight us, then we win" - page 2.

KingScorpio

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Quote from: shahzadafzal on April 03, 2018, 03:08:54 AM

Andreas M. Antonopoulos was a Chief Security Officer of Blockchain.info and is popular Bitcoin evangelist, this excerpt is from his speech back in 2014 in Los Angeles Bitcoin in a Meetup Group about money and the evolving concept of currencies worldwide,

Watch the video on YouTube @ 01:03:24 or you can read transcript here

This is so inspiring you see we are already on stage three "we are fighting", next stage is we win

What you guys think? How you relate this to current situation?

Edit: Original quote was by Mahatma Gandhi - and re-quoted by . Andreas M. Antonopoulos. (Thank you avikz for pointing it out)
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financial integration? through bitcoin or through cryptos?

i doubt bitcoin helps financial integration because financial integration can never be equal for all.

Tszone

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well it is obvious bitcoin has won against all odds. despite everything thrown at it bitcoin keeps coming back stronger. sure we will win at the end

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Quote from: franky1 on April 28, 2018, 03:32:40 PM

so all in all its not a gandhi quote that we are experincing. its a
first they ignore us, then they invade us, then they limit us

So what you are trying to tell is that they will invade and limit us, i know it is really hard to predict what the future would be, but they could try to invade us, but they cannot win all the time, they only thing i see coming up in the future is that every country starting to come up with centralized digital currency in a block chain and we might see a clash between decentralized and centralized currency.

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Funny, most people I introduced bitcoin too, laughed at me, calling it a bubble, time and time again bitcoin has proved them wrong. Most of them are calling me now to come and lecture them. Only a change is constant, cryptocurrency is still scratching the surface, yet to even start. Glad am on board.

franky1

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ignoring the "price orgasm" everyone has about bitcoin

thinking about the function/utility and mainstream adoption(merchants) bitcoin has NOT grown. its actually declined

as for the "they fight us"
actually i see that as they "invade us"
after all every time i see a topic about a country adding regulations. nearly every fiat loving profiteer that doesnt understand what bitcoin is really about cheers that it is a benefit for bitcoin.

businesses that use bitcoin do not need regulation. what is actually needed is consumer protection. which is totally diffrnt from regulation.

yet i see no community spirit fighting off bureaucratic regulations nor do i see any community spirit trying to attain consumer protection..

so all in all its not a gandhi quote that we are experincing. its a
first they ignore us, then they invade us, then they limit us

cordlesslake

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I think the phrase of Mahatma Gandhi is suitable for the btc but it is also suitable for all the great innovations of humanity that were first mocked but then changed the course of history.

HaXX0R1337

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We are seeing some major shift in the approach of bankers and investment into bitcoin, we were having a steady stream of followers and the market exploded last year when there was a major shift when it comes to bitcoin and it all started with Japan legalizing bitcoin and the ensuring fork and the idea of multiplying your asset with a split coin and the introduction of future market brought some serious attention to the coin.

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Quote from: shahzadafzal on April 03, 2018, 03:08:54 AM

Andreas M. Antonopoulos was a Chief Security Officer of Blockchain.info and is popular Bitcoin evangelist, this excerpt is from his speech back in 2014 in Los Angeles Bitcoin in a Meetup Group about money and the evolving concept of currencies worldwide,

Watch the video on YouTube @ 01:03:24 or you can read transcript here

This is so inspiring you see we are already on stage three "we are fighting", next stage is we win

What you guys think? How you relate this to current situation?

Edit: Original quote was by Mahatma Gandhi - and re-quoted by . Andreas M. Antonopoulos. (Thank you avikz for pointing it out)
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This is the very good news that we guyies are already at the stage 3 that "they fight with us " and i am even very suprised that whetre was me whwn we are at these two stages but now i feel myself very lucky tht i entered into the family when we are already at stage 3 and our next goal is the stage 4 that"we win" biut tyhe final destination is not that easy because there are millions of hurdles and obstruction in the way to win with bitcoin because there are many who still dont want btc will become the central currency for the transaction.

shahzadafzal

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It's 4 years since he said that and I think we are still fighting because a lot of people want bitcoin to fail. It will be a lot of work and sacrifice before bitcoin will be a dominant force but I think that the future is bright and I know that we can win the fight.

Bitcoin is here to stay...

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"Bitcoin. Would any sane VC invest in a project “lead by a single unknown founder, plans to quit in a year,
has a 9-page document with mostly math symbols, no marketing plan/budget, and is projected to have $200,000,000,000+ USD
market cap in 10 years”? The crowd did, and made it." @cz_binance

jona

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Actually they got no hold on bitcoin again because their realization came too late that is why they are fighting all exchanges trading on bitcoin

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Quote from: shahzadafzal on April 04, 2018, 03:58:02 AM

This is for all those people who keeps looking at the graph's peaks and valleys, Bitcoin is not for day trading it is long term investment.

Looking at the graph's we easily forget about the long-term deflationary nature of Bitcoin as currency. This is something I learned from the brilliant lectures of Mr. Antonopoulos. Even compared to gold Bitcoin is much more deflationary (or soon will be), and as a result, it has already won as a store of value asset.

Quote from: shahzadafzal on April 04, 2018, 03:58:02 AM

100% agree with if we are waiting that Governments will to make it legal, I guess it won't happen at least not that soon.

If I'm not mistaken, this is also something Mr. Antonopoulos emphasizes in his talks. Not only will they not make it legal, they will fight Bitcoin. They simply won't go down without a fight. Too much is at stake.

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I have heard this speech and agree that it is really very inspiring! I wouldn't mind to be on the stage We win) I think that in the nearest future this will come true and we will win not in our dreams but in the real life.

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This is what's happening exactly right now around the world with cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology. People against it are fighting us by all means they can think of. But no worries everyone, a day will come that freedom will win.

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we have to do is keep believing in it and show these people who we really are and what is our power when we stand together. Everything has a good and bad effect. If we focus and keep emphasizing on only the bad effects then that would prevent us from utilizing it however good it might be.

shahzadafzal

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Quote from: avikz on April 03, 2018, 03:19:00 AM

This is a quote by Mahatma Gandhi - the most notable freedom fighter of India. Andreas M. Antonopoulos just re-quoted that in a meetup event.

Thank you for pointing it out yes the original quote was from Gandhi and it was re-quoted by Andreas M. Antonopoulos.

You are right even today fiat currency is a just numbers, we need more awareness to let people know this fact.

Quote from: Hazaki on April 03, 2018, 06:57:20 PM

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This is for all those people who keeps looking at the graph's peaks and valleys, Bitcoin is not for day trading it is long term investment.

Quote from: richardsNY on April 03, 2018, 07:09:22 PM

The point here is that governments have set their main priority to be controlling the mass, rather than the tiny percentage of individuals striving for that what they believe is their right to obtain the freedom they so badly want and need. We all have that right and option with Bitcoin, but only a very few are utilizing this opportunity in their advantage, which is a shame -- people should stand up instead of following the mass like a herd of sheeps....

100% agree with if we are waiting that Governments will to make it legal, I guess it won't happen at least not that soon.

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Definitely, there is a very good chance to Bitcoin become a future of currency. When we say that, a lot of people laughing at us. They got some fule because of the recent dump of crypto. But I think of someday we will get a chance to laugh them back.

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Quote from: Hazaki on April 03, 2018, 06:57:20 PM

Bitcoin has already won , seeing these numbers and how it managed to increase every year for the best is just the beginning of the journey .
Sadly a lot of people are trying to fight this by trying to spread FUD whenever bitcoin or cyrptocurrencies in general faces dips , not taking in considerations how many achievements have been made and how many profit did people already generate .
People who are afraid of bitcoin are afraid of loosing their power , because the power lays where the money exists and if the money goes through a tool that sends away that third party in the process of storing wealth , power will not be reachable any more and the people behind the concept of banks such as the Roschild family won't be in control anymore ..
Bitcoin isn't just money , it's an ideology and a anti establishment movement , it's a way of practicing our freedom and it'll never be taken away from us as long as we believe in it and try to drive it's whole environment forward .

Now shift the months around a bit and you have ups and downs in contrast to what the image would like to portray. I think that Bitcoin still has a lot of way to go, and in order for it to mantain the top position in markets through this bearish sesso, proposed features for it should not remain stagnant. Bitcoin hasn't won in my opinion. It's always remarkable that it stays on top but it's a never-ending fight to keep that as is.

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It all depends on your personal goals after all. I personally have already booked a major win, which is that a certain part of my wealth is stored outside any central environment, and only I have access to it. I am sure governments know that too, so it can't really be considered a 'we are fighting' stage anymore -- we are beyond that already. The point here is that governments have set their main priority to be controlling the mass, rather than the tiny percentage of individuals striving for that what they believe is their right to obtain the freedom they so badly want and need. We all have that right and option with Bitcoin, but only a very few are utilizing this opportunity in their advantage, which is a shame -- people should stand up instead of following the mass like a herd of sheeps....

Hazaki

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Bitcoin has already won , seeing these numbers and how it managed to increase every year for the best is just the beginning of the journey .
Sadly a lot of people are trying to fight this by trying to spread FUD whenever bitcoin or cyrptocurrencies in general faces dips , not taking in considerations how many achievements have been made and how many profit did people already generate .
People who are afraid of bitcoin are afraid of loosing their power , because the power lays where the money exists and if the money goes through a tool that sends away that third party in the process of storing wealth , power will not be reachable any more and the people behind the concept of banks such as the Roschild family won't be in control anymore ..
Bitcoin isn't just money , it's an ideology and a anti establishment movement , it's a way of practicing our freedom and it'll never be taken away from us as long as we believe in it and try to drive it's whole environment forward .

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I can’t say that we are fighting however the quote is very relatable. Most have chosen to ignore bitcoin at first and when there was a hype just last year, they have been laughing because they are quite certain that people will lose their money with crypto. Now that many are profiting, this is when we win. They may as well be jealous of those who have profited, but they have chosen to ignore us and even laughed at us in the attempts to show it to them. Now it’s our turn to laugh. Grin

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