Hi man, I'm starting to think you are a troll.
Of course bitcoin is not used a lot to buy goods and services. The point is that it is the best reserve of value in the world. Until recently, the best reserve of value was gold and some people think gold is better than bitcoin because it has been a store of value for thousands of years, while bitcoin is only 12 years old.
But try to escape to another country with a million dollars in bitcoin and then try it with a million dollars in gold as well. Then you come and tell us the difference.
You can move your money using eth,ltc or any other crypto ...that does not justify the increase in price of a crypto
When price of something increases means that there is more demand for that thing ...
How much demand can it be for crypto if there is no liquidity ... has zero use beside speculation,gambling,and money laundering .
I f..king build bitcoin and eth trading platforms ...when you build a trading platform then call me a troll ...
What i am saying is that it is false demand and some jerks are pumping the price ... question is how ? How is manipulating the crypto market ... ?
@ spy100
you are wrong on many levels. Here are some reasons why I think you are wrong.
A) there is not much of these laying around
B) if the FUD of the 2020 USA election increases both the left and the right that have money will want coins in case the other side wins the election.
C) BTC asic mining has the ability to turn power into wealth this means anyone with cheap power can become wealthy with btc.
Here is an example for letter c I know of a home for sale in NJ it has 10 acres and a rentable fixed up home. The rent would carry the sale price of 320k along with the taxes.
price is 320k
It has solar and it has a 300 foot long chicken coop that could hold 200kwatt in solar panels. the power company does not let you hook that up to the grid unless you have a demand. Enter mining you spend some money on used asics to mine btc. Power company sees the demand lets you build the solar array.
BTC asic gear created this opportunity it is a real legit business plan that would work for the right investor.
D) world wide governments are printing a lot of money due to covid. Only 21million btc is going to be printed so it is rare.
E) Many commercial freezers in the USA are shut down due to covid shutdowns. Many warehouses prepaid 1,2,3 years of power to run those freezers. They rented them to restaurants meat suppliers etc. So you now have a lot of prepaid power contracts. Here comes asic mining to the rescue. Since BTC is the easiest coin to exchange and has a ton of shutdown asic gear. It Naturally is used as first choice.
F) BTC is small. $225,743,585,119.00 this is not a lot of money. It comes to under 800 a USA citizen 333million x 800 = 266,400,000,000
The USA government gave away 400,000,000,000 incentive money and more then 500,000,000,000 in extra unemployment this year due to covid
that is over 900 billion compared to 225 billion.
what does this mean a lot of wealth can be transferred to BTC and it is happening due to Covid fears and USA 2020 election fears.
people consider it to be more secure then eth as eth is centrally run by 1 guy.
While I mention the USA giving away 900+ billion many other countries are doing the same thing. Many people fear fiat or cash may drop its value world wide.
So flight to BTC is happening.