Topic: If Bitcoin crashes would this forum still exist? - page 2. (Read 717 times)

They can't so let's say they banned all activities relating to Bitcoin like trading, mining etc globally, the forum would still exist and even become more stronger because now the whole 'when moon' topics and price discussion will be taken out of the pictures and more focused on building a community around Bitcoin will come into effect.

Now let assume there was to be a targeted attack on the forum with the hopes of the government thinking, if they successfully bring down the forum then the trust in Bitcoin will decline, I don't think they can do anything possible to bring it down too as all their attempts will be countered.

If all the government simultaneously banned the forum in their respective countries and the server which it's hosted on gets taken down, I'm pretty sure some other solutions will be deployed immediately. like the forum been hosted on decentralized server or probably the forum goes all dark web mode lol. One thing is certain, the forum is here for good and can't think of any possibility of it going out of existence unless it was caused by the internet going down.

Bitcoin crash always exist dude and this forum never even had a pinch. This forum is mainly consist of Bitcoin and cryptocurrency global enthusiast and this forum bind us all for common knowledge that every newbie could find here. This is where you could learn about cryptograph and current events happening in crypto world. From politics up to announcements of new alts.

I think the responses would've been more thought provoking if OP had phrased his question this way — Would this forum still exists if Bitcoin were banned globally? The issue of Bitcoin crashing (correction) means little or nothing compared to if it were banned by all nation's (though I know this is impossible).

The tulip bubble, the Ponzi scheme, Bitcoin is still developing very well despite repeated doubts, but many people still do not have a firm belief that Bitcoin will not collapse, and Bitcoin forums will always be there.
 
I believe that rationality may be. Be late, but will not be absent.

Maybe after Bitcoin enters the bear market, everyone's enthusiasm will be less, but everyone is waiting for the opportunity. The true Bitcoin believers will continue to put forward suggestions for improvement of Bitcoin and work hard for it.

As the price rises this place gets filled with spammers and scammers. You should have been around to see the paradise that was bitcointalk when the price was at $2. I’ve said before that I would seriously consider trading Bitcoin’s price to have the old community back. Money is cool, but working together in a supportive community to change the world is way cooler.

So answering your question, this forum would not only exist if Bitcoin crashed, but it would likely be a much more positive and supportive place to build the future of decentralized finance instead of a mosh pit of users begging the existing financial system for investment.

Forums and communities don't literally die when interest in a certain niche crashes. Though yes, demand and traffic will drop. Remember when bitcoin's price dropped down to $3k levels? Yea, if my memory serves me right topics being created were far lower than we're having right now, but definitely not "dead".

Bitcoin crashed, burned and died so many times yet bitcointalk forum still exists, and it will exist as long as there is interest from people to write and be active here.

If you want an answer to your question, just check the history of bitcoin price, and the date when this forum has been created, and you will immediately realize that this forum (and bitcoin) survived many price crashes in the past, and will most likely survive any future ones. So, no need to worry and instead better focus on acquiring as much as possible.

Yes, The forum will continue to exist. We have endured many crashes in the past 5 years and will move past that. Active users might dwindle down a bit but still it will not affect the Legacy of Bitcointalk.

Will the forum still exist if BTC goes to $0.00? Yes.
It will even exist if all the world gets together and charges people just to hold BTC and keeping it costs you real money.

Why? It is a revolutionary technology and people came together to discuss it and work with it and develop it, etc.

Now, will the form be the same as it was before? No, of course not it would adapt and change.

Don't believe me? Take a look around the internet, there are forums with 1000s of members discussing cars that were never popular and are no longer made, by manufacturers that no longer exist. If something like those forums exist, this one is going nowhere.

I am not a member of the Fiero club, I just lurk there and you can't prove otherwise.

-Dave

2018 happened and people in the forum are still about different stuffs and interest in the forum so I don't really think that this forum will go away anytime soon, maybe 50 years from now and the popularity of cryptocurrency wavers into obscurity, maybe that's the time that we will see this forum go down a natural death.

Actually, the forum has been losing users since a lot of time. I have been discussing this matter here:

Is Bitcointalk.org losing user base?


Nobody put that declining numbers of users with price in bitcoins. So I would rule out a crash of the forum because of a crash in BTC price.

The community of this forum is it’s most invaluable assets, and we have showed many time how irrelevant the price is for us (or, as @LFC_Bitcoin says, we look for a crash as an excuse to stack even more sats!)

In practice, it seems to me that everything depends on the community, the forum has managed to stay closely linked to bitcoin, but in its operation, regardless of what happens with bitcoin, its operation depends on the enthusiasm that remains among the users and that obviously there is the (self) financing to maintain it.

I kinda feel the ironic point of view actually. Come to think of it, if the bitcoin price crashes massively. Those who quit might actually be interested in investing back since it is more affordable. In fact, most of us are actually thinking that a massive drop in its value can actually be good for the bitcoin economy. As it becomes more stable and affordable to use in our primary transactions minding how ridiculous fees are.

Going back to the question. The simplest answer will depend on the admin's budget lol

Ah there is no need for concern, the chances of Bitcoin going to zero are just above zero.

There will always be people using the forum, admins, developers, the long term diamond
hands members, the "household names" of the forum theymos, Cyrus, achow101, LoyceV,
Welsh, foxpup, mprep, gmaxwell, hilariousandco, mk4, Vod, o_e_l_e_o etc. Then there will
also be other Legendary, Hero, Sr. Members and so on who will continue to be active.

Bitcoin cannot be controlled and it is too big and too global now to stop, there are just
too many people of different backgrounds with vested interests to make sure Bitcoin continues.

Michael Saylor mentioned this in one of his interviews!

Yeah, it entirely depends on what the original thread poster meant by crash, it seemed they were implying by crash whether it was a permanent crash or a crash like we've been through multiple times. A temporary crash, might actually increase the amount of users we have temporarily interacting on the forum due to them wanting to know why it crashed. During a crash I would expect the speculation section to have one of the biggest increases, and same goes for when Bitcoin increases significantly in price.

A long term crash instead of a permanent one would undoubtedly have an effect on certain users, and they would probably drift away, however Bitcointalk would likely survive just because we know we are all hoping that Bitcoin becomes much more than a currency that is worth a lot when you peg it to other fiat currencies.

Its interesting for a thought experiment though. If it were to return to $1 or somewhere around there, the amount of users here that would be worrying would be quite significant, and that would likely impact their decision to continue using Bitcoin, and therefore the forum. However, then you have the opposite side of that mentality where more people will be investing into Bitcoin just because its been known to rise significantly over its lifetime. I mean, if Bitcoin ever crashed as significantly as that, I can just imagine the amount we all would be trying to buy.

I wouldn't imagine it happening as easily as it sound. Bitcoin will never return to $1 due to the fact that bitcoin enthusiast are growing over time. It would be extreme thinking if we had to think that the price would be $1 in the next decade let alone in the near future. Everyone would call me crazy if I did and that's even more extreme than Musk's negative opinion for bitcoin. Lol

This forum exists before bitcoin have its very first usd value, price crashed more than anyone could count and it affects nothing towards the forum.

And this forum will still remain even there's no company/services do signature campaigns, though I doubt that, not unless theymos completely disabled signatures. The development & technical discussion board will be it's witness.

Yes it does and also everytime when the price is going to sky rocking new Users coming to the Forum.
I also guess even when Bitcoin crashes hard that the most Users will be here.
The Forum will be exist forever as it is already a Digital Museum for all Crypto related things and Stories.

Bitcoin doesn't crash. It just has corrections to shake out the greedy fiat fans.