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Quote from: BTCisthefuture on June 05, 2014, 11:44:15 PM

I would say it's already gone mainstream.

Of course there's huge room for more adoption, and it's not as mainstream as say people having a debit card or phone in their pocket.

I'm excited about the future of bitcoin and or cryptocurrencies.

No yet main stream. When 1% world population know about bitcoin, it is in mainstream.

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Quote from: Mickeyb on October 15, 2015, 10:51:16 AM

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Quote from: Djisamsoe on October 14, 2015, 02:51:37 AM

i hope someday it will happen,bitcoin very mainstream and popular,the future payment must be like this,simple and fast.

well then you should hope for regulation all around the world, because average joe will not use an unregulated thing for their seriousdaily stuff

but regulation go against decentralization, it's a tricky situation...

That's why we need a modest regulation that will find balance between decentralization and complete regulation on the other side.

Granted, it seems to me that Bitcoin will always offer ways to their users to avoid this regulation to some content. Look at the US at the moment. You can buy bitcoins from Coinbase for example and reveal all of your personal informations, but on the other side if you are capable enough, you can find ways to buy bitcoins while not revealing your sensitive personal info.

That's what I like about Bitcoin.

That's it! With Bitcoin we have a choice!
And with decentralized market places and exchanges we will have even more choice!

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well Bitcoin is a revolutionary technology, but not every revolutionary technology or idea or concept has been accepted and become mainstream or mass adopted

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Quote from: Amph on October 15, 2015, 08:04:04 AM

Quote from: Djisamsoe on October 14, 2015, 02:51:37 AM

i hope someday it will happen,bitcoin very mainstream and popular,the future payment must be like this,simple and fast.

well then you should hope for regulation all around the world, because average joe will not use an unregulated thing for their seriousdaily stuff

but regulation go against decentralization, it's a tricky situation...

That's why we need a modest regulation that will find balance between decentralization and complete regulation on the other side.

Granted, it seems to me that Bitcoin will always offer ways to their users to avoid this regulation to some content. Look at the US at the moment. You can buy bitcoins from Coinbase for example and reveal all of your personal informations, but on the other side if you are capable enough, you can find ways to buy bitcoins while not revealing your sensitive personal info.

That's what I like about Bitcoin.

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Quote from: M83 on October 12, 2015, 06:19:58 AM

Quote from: electronicfactura on October 08, 2015, 04:11:28 AM

Bitcoin will go mainstream surely as the change has already begun.We can not just see the speed of change it is much more faster than we imagine.It is inevitable now as lot of the water has flown under the bridges.Governments as well as bankers are failed to stop Bitcoin in last couple of years.A totally new era of financial freedom and privacy is to come soon.

I don't think there's anything guaranteeing mass mainstream adoption. Sure it might and it it does go there it will take several years but part of me just thinks most of the general public just has no need or desire to use bitcoin so the mainstream will largely avoid it. I thiunk it will still have its niche uses online and in some industries but will remain relatively underground still. I hope to be wrong though.

You are right so far, but I hope this situation will change soon for better (and I think that part of you has the same hope Wink

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Mostly people don't want to use BTC because they don't know whether it's relible and they don't have time to explore the subject more. Things that come to mind when they hear the word "Bitcoin" are: Silk Road, MtGox's collapse and other negative things unfortunately. As soon as BTC starts receiving positive publicity the mainstream adoption will rise exponentially.

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Quote from: Djisamsoe on October 14, 2015, 02:51:37 AM

i hope someday it will happen,bitcoin very mainstream and popular,the future payment must be like this,simple and fast.

well then you should hope for regulation all around the world, because average joe will not use an unregulated thing for their serious daily stuff

but regulation go against decentralization, it's a tricky situation...

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   One shouldn't confuse his subjective desires with reality. As someone wrote, Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away. Or, reality is what doesn't go away when we wakeup from our dreams or illusions. Of course, the major problem is that many times people only realise how far their reality is from the real reality when the second hits them on the head.

   Clearly, since the top of November 2013/January 2014 (in price and euphoria), bitcoin lost some users and interest (https://www.google.com/trends/explore#q=bitcoin), but slowly it has been gaining investors and retailers (https://www.coindesk.com/state-bitcoin-2015-ecosystem-grows-despite-price-decline/). Therefore, even on a depressive context, things are improving.

   But a real success of bitcoin (like the one described on the OP) will depend (and will aggravate) also on the insuccess on some degree of fiat (inflation, financial crises). And that can hurt many people, including people we love. That the desires of some bitcoiners can't affect reality might not be that bad.

   A situation where bitcoin take the place of processors like paypal, a part of the share of credit cards on Internet shopping and reaches 2 to 3% of world population might be the ideal goal. But as it reaches this goal, its price would surge so high that this would attract more and more people...

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i hope someday it will happen,bitcoin very mainstream and popular,the future payment must be like this,simple and fast.

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Quote from: electronicfactura on October 08, 2015, 04:11:28 AM

Bitcoin will go mainstream surely as the change has already begun.We can not just see the speed of change it is much more faster than we imagine.It is inevitable now as lot of the water has flown under the bridges.Governments as well as bankers are failed to stop Bitcoin in last couple of years.A totally new era of financial freedom and privacy is to come soon.

Look at the number of banks closing down.

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Quote from: electronicfactura on October 08, 2015, 04:11:28 AM

Bitcoin will go mainstream surely as the change has already begun.We can not just see the speed of change it is much more faster than we imagine.It is inevitable now as lot of the water has flown under the bridges.Governments as well as bankers are failed to stop Bitcoin in last couple of years.A totally new era of financial freedom and privacy is to come soon.

Totally agreeable although there is nobody stopping anybody from scare mongering with the kind of dark services that can be purchased with BTC. Despite this, I do think that BTC could potentially go mainstream but this is ultimately dependent on the faith of the general public in it. Personally I feel like not enough people are aware of this financial freedom that can be easily achieved.

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Quote from: electronicfactura on October 08, 2015, 04:11:28 AM

Bitcoin will go mainstream surely as the change has already begun.We can not just see the speed of change it is much more faster than we imagine.It is inevitable now as lot of the water has flown under the bridges.Governments as well as bankers are failed to stop Bitcoin in last couple of years.A totally new era of financial freedom and privacy is to come soon.

I don't think there's anything guaranteeing mass mainstream adoption. Sure it might and it it does go there it will take several years but part of me just thinks most of the general public just has no need or desire to use bitcoin so the mainstream will largely avoid it. I thiunk it will still have its niche uses online and in some industries but will remain relatively underground still. I hope to be wrong though.

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At a meeting of Commonwealth central bankers, "some governors at the meeting raised questions "about the implications for monetary policy and financial stability"" of Bitcoin and other digital currencies.

https://www.coindesk.com/commonwealth-central-bankers-raise-bitcoin-policy-questions/

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Bitcoin will go mainstream surely as the change has already begun.We can not just see the speed of change it is much more faster than we imagine.It is inevitable now as lot of the water has flown under the bridges.Governments as well as bankers are failed to stop Bitcoin in last couple of years.A totally new era of financial freedom and privacy is to come soon.

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The strongest repression will come from States with weak currencies, that are too afraid of seeing their fiat coins dumped because of a run to bitcoin as a safe haven:
https://www.cryptocoinsnews.com/bitcoin-websites-blocked-venezuelan-government/

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Quote from: coinplus on September 15, 2015, 12:58:48 AM

Survival of the fittest. I see bitcoin has all the capability to be a fittest. Bitcoin can solve many financial crisis. Many peoples border problems. Many people's saving dilemmas. Many people's banking. These are few example. At least one is enough to be a mainstream money.

It has the capability for sure and I think it can certainly help in some of those sectors you mentroned but for it to go mainstream per se I think it will have to be accepted by many stores and merchants.

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Bitcoins potential itself will make it as a mainstream payment method very soon. Many financial experts have already agreed that.

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Quote from: MinerHQ on August 17, 2015, 02:20:22 AM

Quote from: eternalgloom on August 15, 2015, 06:19:52 AM

Really, for Bitcoin to go mainstream, it would have to be a lot more noob-friendly than it is now.
I honestly don't see my dad even using blockchain.info to pay for pizza or whatever.

I think it will never go to the mainstream. It will be always like now the alternative for the mainstream currencies.

i think bitcoin have lot of potential to go mainstream..
and as of now there some who already adopting it..
but we cant say its mainstream because it not even 1% of population..
but i think more will come so lets just wait for it

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Quote from: marcus_of_augustus on August 17, 2015, 10:22:55 PM

Quote from: harrymmmm on August 17, 2015, 04:25:01 AM

Quote from: eternalgloom on August 15, 2015, 06:19:52 AM

Really, for Bitcoin to go mainstream, it would have to be a lot more noob-friendly than it is now.
I honestly don't see my dad even using blockchain.info to pay for pizza or whatever.

Whew. I'm really tired of hearing this old chestnut.
Why do you say this stuff?
I think tv sets will never go mainstream coz they're way too complicated for people to understand.

... pizza will never go mainstream, it's just too hard to understand how you make the round dough and why the crust doesn't burn before the cheese melts.

Haha that's pretty funny but it's true. I'm sure peoples parents were worried about using debit cards and atms at first too.

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Survival of the fittest. I see bitcoin has all the capability to be a fittest. Bitcoin can solve many financial crisis. Many peoples border problems. Many people's saving dilemmas. Many people's banking. These are few example. At least one is enough to be a mainstream money.

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Nothing like healthy scepticism and hard evidence

https://gds.blog.gov.uk/2015/09/01/registers-authoritative-lists-you-can-trust/

An UK governmental service is studying the possibility of adopting a blockchain system to register public data.

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