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Topic: How well does Bitcoin function as a currency? - page 2. (Read 3271 times)

newbie
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Bitcoin has become the most efficient way in money transferring, its the easiest nowadays. Saves a lot of time and really helped a lot of merchants.
But there is a need to keep on watching its price.
full member
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For me, I think bitcoin really meets the three criteria just as you mentioned. Bitcoins are known in many places and many countries are adopting it and it is used as a payment method in those countries. The value of bitcoin is gradually stabilizing in value. So I find that the potential for bitcoin to become the world currency in the future is very high.
copper member
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Bitcoin is a crypto currency. Which we can call even digital currency. But this currency is being used in a few countries so far. And people of those countries are benefiting from using Bitcoin currency. And I think. That will benefit us much by using Bitcoin as a currency in the future.
full member
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maybe bitcoin is still difficult to stabilize its value so that people are still hesitant to transact using bitcoin. for exchager problems and also a wallet to store, bitcoin is good.
hero member
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Now it is difficult to use bitcoin as a currency, as very few organizations accept it. I sometimes use it for money transfers as it is convenient. But to use it as a currency we need to wait a bit.


Yeah, that is the main issue here. There are few merchants who chooses to accept bitcoin and the big names in the games chooses to ignore bitcoin for now so its really hard for bitcoin to function as a currency.

So the first target should be the merchants themselves, but how can they accept bitcoin when its very volatile? Its a dilemma that no one has the answer for now.
newbie
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Umm it cant be stolen Physically
It can be stored in a very secure place
It can be used to exchange to other currencies ( cryptos )
full member
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Now it is difficult to use bitcoin as a currency, as very few organizations accept it. I sometimes use it for money transfers as it is convenient. But to use it as a currency we need to wait a bit.

Bitcoin is a crypto currency or a virtual currency because the fact that it only have a digital value that have corresponding value equivalent to fiat currency and dependent to crypto market demand and supply.
member
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Now it is difficult to use bitcoin as a currency, as very few organizations accept it. I sometimes use it for money transfers as it is convenient. But to use it as a currency we need to wait a bit.
full member
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Since bitcoin is accepted by a very small number of countries, it is very difficult to use it as a currency. But it seems to me that this trend is changing and more and more different organizations and enterprises are beginning to accept it, this is an excellent move forward.
member
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In fact, we all understand that bitcoin is now too unstable and therefore can not be used as a full-fledged currency. However, today more and more steps are being taken for this, and I think that very soon it will be able to be fully realized in this regard.
hero member
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Bitcoin will soon have those criterias because people are now starting to know bitcoin, soon people can use it on their everyday lived just like their currencies.
For everyday needs, fiat money is easier to use, especially the lower classes who do not understand digital technology. But for transactions between regions or between countries using bitcoin is more efficient, cheap and safe. The weakness of bitcoin is that there must be internet. Without internet, bitcoin cannot be used.
Bitcoin will really helpful if transferred between countries, but as currency it only can be digital currency. If in same country i think people will prefer to use fiat, we know people not want something that complicated in their life.
full member
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Could bitcoin be included in these criteria. because bitcoin has a system or function that is very similar to conventional currency circulating all this time but honestly it is wrong. Bitcoin can be adopted by everyone in this world and if you pay attention to the bitcoin criteria has a higher value.
newbie
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Bitcoin will soon have those criterias because people are now starting to know bitcoin, soon people can use it on their everyday lived just like their currencies.
For everyday needs, fiat money is easier to use, especially the lower classes who do not understand digital technology. But for transactions between regions or between countries using bitcoin is more efficient, cheap and safe. The weakness of bitcoin is that there must be internet. Without internet, bitcoin cannot be used.
newbie
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Successful currencies meet three criteria:

(1) they are in widespread use as medium of exchange
(2) they serve as unit of account
(3) they are a stable store of value.

Most sovereign currencies fully meet all three criteria.

What about Bitcoin?

To me in terms of digital currency I think that bitcoin has been stradily keeping up the job. However if the definition is solely based on what you reason above then I do think that bitcoin is not a currency at par on what the world wants it to be. To me bitcoin is something that for now only the digital and the i ternet can only make sense or understand what this is all about but to the world. It is but a fugazi or it doesnt exist.
I agree with you. Bitcoin is not scrambled. It can not now be called a valuable currency.
copper member
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I think Bitcoin is a digital currency and important asset. Because,Bitcoin is known as digital investment and it play an important role in the success.
sr. member
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Successful currencies meet three criteria:

(1) they are in widespread use as medium of exchange
(2) they serve as unit of account
(3) they are a stable store of value.

Most sovereign currencies fully meet all three criteria.

What about Bitcoin?
This is a successful currency criteria when fiat currency came in the market.  But  before fiat became currency,  that is not the exact definition of a currency. For example gold and silver, they have different value base on what country or place you are in the past.
newbie
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bitcoin  is  not  a  currency  since  it  is  not  accepted  from all  governments  but  i  think  it  is  going  to  become  soon  and  everything  will be  better than  now .
I'm not sure Bitcoin will be accepted by the government soon. It will be difficult for them to do this. If it is accepted by large corporations of the world market, then the government can think about it.
member
Activity: 532
Merit: 15
I am Amerindian and BTC is working fine for me. I am taking my payment (most of it) in Bitcoin and cashing out only the amount I need for everyday bills.
legendary
Activity: 1904
Merit: 1000
If those are the only 3 characteristics you are using to define a successful currency, then no, bitcoin is not a successful currency due to its volatility

Bitcoin's volatility makes some governments reluctant to allow it as a means of payment, including here in my country. And I'm worried that there is no way for bitcoin to be accepted as a currency in the future. We can use it as an asset only.
newbie
Activity: 79
Merit: 0
If those are the only 3 characteristics you are using to define a successful currency, then no, bitcoin is not a successful currency due to its volatility
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