Death of Bitcoin delayed again: 420
it is now around $390 AFAIK, bitcoin is now considered to be 'impending dead' once again. 
that's too funny that bitcoin has 'dead' for at least 50 times.
Topic: I feel pity for bitcoin - page 2. (Read 3590 times)
that's too funny that bitcoin has 'dead' for at least 50 times.
Let's look at snapchat: it gains more new users in a single month than BTC does in one year. Why?
That's a poor comparison. Snapchat is free, costs nothing to use, and has no risk to entry. Bitcoin is more useful in the long term, but its money after all. Snapchat is a toy.
Wow, what a pessimistic outlook about the bitcoin future...! But unfortunately it seems a very realistic idea about what could occur with this technology given these negative conditions. I have been always aware of it and that is why I prefer to diversify my investments, avoiding any excessive confidence about the future of bitcoin.
Try your own struggle, the problem with that will be solve sooner, problems occurr everywhere and also some of the users at there leave to work at there, but the system does not stop. Someone there solve the problem. I do not worry about bitcoin ecosystem, it will overcome, there is no need of diversifying my investments.
You can rest! I've got nothing about stamp collectors. I used this as an example of a group with static, or nearly static user base.
Let's look at snapchat: it gains more new users in a single month than BTC does in one year. Why? I've been here long enough to remember that where there guys saying that BTC would grow bigger than Facebook. It hasn't, and nobody's saying that anymore. BTC has just stalled. It's not dead, nor dying, but the huge growth everybody was expecting is nowhere in sight, and one reason behind this is the scalability issue. BTC needs to be able to grow ten-fold this year, and one hundred fold next year.
I agree, some of the issues at hand seem to be very overblown.. I understand you don't want to hardfork a system like bitcoin whenever it suits you, but if it is needed, it should be done.
Unfortunately, many of the developers and miners have their own agenda, making it very difficult to propose changes that most people can live with. This is what causes the problems.
Wow, what a pessimistic outlook about the bitcoin future...! But unfortunately it seems a very realistic idea about what could occur with this technology given these negative conditions. I have been always aware of it and that is why I prefer to diversify my investments, avoiding any excessive confidence about the future of bitcoin.
Death of Bitcoin delayed again: 420
I don't think BTC will be damaged that much by Hearn choice to leave, it's a free market and if you couldn't convince others to follow your opinion "or at least the majority of them" then that's it. Thanks for Hearn for all his effort with BTC but calling it a failed project is over-the-top IMO
Gavin is radical but I have to admit he is objective most of the time: Hearn is just too pessimistic
No need to. This coin is here to stay for a long time and I truly believe it will have a bright future.
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Can you name another business where problems don't get solved, and people just bury their heads in the sand hoping the problem would disappear?
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Can you name another business where problems don't get solved, and people just bury their heads in the sand hoping the problem would disappear?
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There are a lot of them. In fact all the businesses we can think of have their problems and some of them never solved but "the show must go on" as they say.
I don't like to make unfounded staments so here's the list of unsolved problems in physics for example:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_unsolved_problems_in_physics
And there many other fields you know and all of them have their unsolved problems, but the life is going on nevertheless.
No! Problems are being solved in every business in the real world. The electric car wasn't working, but now we have some which can drive 300 miles. Lightning is getting more efficient with LEDs. We're having smartphones with more computing power than a mainframe computer of 20 years ago. Cars are getting safer and faster...
I created this topic as a reaction to Mike Hearn's departure, but I shall add that I'm a BTC entrepreneur. I have a BTC business waiting on my server (well, a small one, it would be managed in my spare time at first). My project has been sitting since last summer, but I'm not launching it because the market conditions aren't good. I'm ready to make it big, and I'm willing to put money into it, but BTC's future is just not secure enough at this time. I need to see where BTC's heading and I need to be sure that BTC can grow big without any hiccup.
I'm waiting for this too. I'll be happy to see Bitcoin settled into new block size.
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Can you name another business where problems don't get solved, and people just bury their heads in the sand hoping the problem would disappear?
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Can you name another business where problems don't get solved, and people just bury their heads in the sand hoping the problem would disappear?
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There are a lot of them. In fact all the businesses we can think of have their problems and some of them never solved but "the show must go on" as they say.
I don't like to make unfounded staments so here's the list of unsolved problems in physics for example:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_unsolved_problems_in_physics
And there many other fields you know and all of them have their unsolved problems, but the life is going on nevertheless.
No! Problems are being solved in every business in the real world. The electric car wasn't working, but now we have some which can drive 300 miles. Lightning is getting more efficient with LEDs. We're having smartphones with more computing power than a mainframe computer of 20 years ago. Cars are getting safer and faster...
I created this topic as a reaction to Mike Hearn's departure, but I shall add that I'm a BTC entrepreneur. I have a BTC business waiting on my server (well, a small one, it would be managed in my spare time at first). My project has been sitting since last summer, but I'm not launching it because the market conditions aren't good. I'm ready to make it big, and I'm willing to put money into it, but BTC's future is just not secure enough at this time. I need to see where BTC's heading and I need to be sure that BTC can grow big without any hiccup.
I just wish people would learn how to write english properly, some of these threads become really hard to read...... 
Don't be so negative about current bitcoin situation. It is not tragic, or even remotely bad. We are just keeping status quo for now but that doesn't mean bitcoin couldn't evolve.
I admit that lack of consensus is problematic and can be the biggest threat to bitcoin in the end but there is hope that people (I am thinking mainly about Chinese miners here)
will pick improvement and progress over fast cash here and now.
I admit that lack of consensus is problematic and can be the biggest threat to bitcoin in the end but there is hope that people (I am thinking mainly about Chinese miners here)
will pick improvement and progress over fast cash here and now.
Just because 1 developer gave up on bitcoin, doesn't mean that you should. If your neighbor doesn't believe in bitcoin anymore, is that going to stop you?
It's only 1 person that has so much effect on the bitcoin market, I don't think it should change the way you think about bitcoin.
It's only 1 person that has so much effect on the bitcoin market, I don't think it should change the way you think about bitcoin.
Yes People do always come and go it does not mean that Bitcoins system is bad. Bitcoin's condition is changing daily. The thinking of only one person will not decide anything. There are many people who are in having full faith on bitcoin ecosystem and will definitely contribute to bitcoin's growth.
basically we should pity is bitcoin prices. because bitcoin prices unbalanced make bitcoin is not used and has always been a joke for investors who do not use bitcoin
Just let them if they take it as a joke at least we can make money with it.
Bitcoin have always been not that balanced, but that is great about it because it can go up like at 1000 dollars or more.
This will be a great year guys in the beginning was not that great but we have still 11 month and a few days a head.
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Can you name another business where problems don't get solved, and people just bury their heads in the sand hoping the problem would disappear?
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Can you name another business where problems don't get solved, and people just bury their heads in the sand hoping the problem would disappear?
~
There are a lot of them. In fact all the businesses we can think of have their problems and some of them never solved but "the show must go on" as they say.
I don't like to make unfounded staments so here's the list of unsolved problems in physics for example:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_unsolved_problems_in_physics
And there many other fields you know and all of them have their unsolved problems, but the life is going on nevertheless.
If bitcoin is hard-forked, my current coins are still going to be valuable, no matter which fork succeeds.
So I will just sit back and watch things evolve.
So I will just sit back and watch things evolve.
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