Some of us are addicted to the internet in general.
Some of us? World is ruled by computers! 
Topic: The profile of a Bitcoin User (Read 2768 times)
The age group for highest likelihood of Bitcoin adoption is off by 7-10 years I would suggest 13-33 or even 10-30 with a peak around 20. A teenager is way more likely to adopt Bitcoin than someone in their late 30's. In fact teens and tweens are a huge market for Bitcoin because they cannot get a Credit Card and are huge consumers of online content and services.
On a related note I would expect those in their late 50's, 60's and early 70's (Baby Boomers) to be a lot more receptive to Bitcoin than those in their 40's or even late 30's. Let us not forget that someone who turned 20 in 1969 (summer of love, Woodstock) will turn 64 in 2013. The baby boomer generation shook the establishment to its very core in their day, their children one the other hand are notoriously conservative and status quo by contrast. Let us not forget that teenagers always rebel against their parents, not their grandparents. The grandparents more often than not see the teenage rebellion as payback to the parents.
On a related note I would expect those in their late 50's, 60's and early 70's (Baby Boomers) to be a lot more receptive to Bitcoin than those in their 40's or even late 30's. Let us not forget that someone who turned 20 in 1969 (summer of love, Woodstock) will turn 64 in 2013. The baby boomer generation shook the establishment to its very core in their day, their children one the other hand are notoriously conservative and status quo by contrast. Let us not forget that teenagers always rebel against their parents, not their grandparents. The grandparents more often than not see the teenage rebellion as payback to the parents.
See: Zhoutong (17 when he started Bitcoinica) and Phinnaeus Gage (55 when he joined the forums).
The age group for highest likelihood of Bitcoin adoption is off by 7-10 years I would suggest 13-33 or even 10-30 with a peak around 20. A teenager is way more likely to adopt Bitcoin than someone in their late 30's. In fact teens and tweens are a huge market for Bitcoin because they cannot get a Credit Card and are huge consumers of online content and services.
On a related note I would expect those in their late 50's, 60's and early 70's (Baby Boomers) to be a lot more receptive to Bitcoin than those in their 40's or even late 30's. Let us not forget that someone who turned 20 in 1969 (summer of love, Woodstock) will turn 64 in 2013. The baby boomer generation shook the establishment to its very core in their day, their children one the other hand are notoriously conservative and status quo by contrast. Let us not forget that teenagers always rebel against their parents, not their grandparents. The grandparents more often than not see the teenage rebellion as payback to the parents.
On a related note I would expect those in their late 50's, 60's and early 70's (Baby Boomers) to be a lot more receptive to Bitcoin than those in their 40's or even late 30's. Let us not forget that someone who turned 20 in 1969 (summer of love, Woodstock) will turn 64 in 2013. The baby boomer generation shook the establishment to its very core in their day, their children one the other hand are notoriously conservative and status quo by contrast. Let us not forget that teenagers always rebel against their parents, not their grandparents. The grandparents more often than not see the teenage rebellion as payback to the parents.
You forgot to add they have a predilection to creating scams!
Some one pointed out before, the biggest common character for bitcoiners are greedy 
Of course that is in general are human nature, but bitcoiners have a little bit more
Of course that is in general are human nature, but bitcoiners have a little bit more
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conspiracy_theory
I don't think its fair to overgeneralize conspiracy theories as being "crazy" or "not smart". Some of them turn out to be true! As mentioned in the link above, the Watergate scandal was such a case.
Theorizing about a conspiracy is not crazy in itself. Obviously some people take these theories to the extreme, or base their theories are inappropriate pieces of evidence, and this is where you need to break out the tin-foil hats.
I don't think its fair to overgeneralize conspiracy theories as being "crazy" or "not smart". Some of them turn out to be true! As mentioned in the link above, the Watergate scandal was such a case.
Theorizing about a conspiracy is not crazy in itself. Obviously some people take these theories to the extreme, or base their theories are inappropriate pieces of evidence, and this is where you need to break out the tin-foil hats.
Bitcoin User Profile:
- Smart
- Like conspiracy theories
That's a contradiction.
We're enigmatic too
Bitcoin User Profile:
- Smart
- Like conspiracy theories
That's a contradiction.
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Smart
Nah, seeing how many ppl gave money to pirate, it doesn't seems that bitcoin users are smart 
I honestly think this is stereotyping too much. A lot of these don't fit me in particular.
- Nerd
- Smart
- Geek
- Comfortable with taking unusually large risks
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Pretty darn accurate, I am 90% male myself.
LMAO
lmao 
most of that's right though I don't deal in conspiracy theories, only real conspiracies I'll add one:
. Ron Paul supporter or appreciates what he says about America
most of that's right though I don't deal in conspiracy theories, only real conspiracies I'll add one:. Ron Paul supporter or appreciates what he says about America
* Doesn't listen to much if anything from main stream medias. (TV)
Some of us are addicted to the internet in general.
who isn't addicted to the interwebs nowadayz? inless you didn't grow up on computers...
Some of us are addicted to the internet in general.
- Like conspiracy theories
What bank do you work for and just why are you 'profiling' us anyway!?
Muaahhaha....that's my secret plan
- Comfortable with taking unusually large risks
- Open to patiently listening/reading about unpopular ideas
Has there ever been a poll done on "Are you male or female?" Would love to know an actual calculation on that!
Yes. See my sig for one of them.
Nice!
My girlfriend is not on these forums, but she's an active Bitcoin user... perhaps these results have a bias as the polling is done on a forum, correlating more with the profile of internet-forum users than with Bitcoin users. As a whole, I would imagine few tech forums have women on them, even if the technology itself is super popular and widely used. Say, like a forum for Windows-users. Lot's of women use Windows OS, but not very many will join a forum about it hahaha.
Then again, perhaps I just have a bias because she's my girlfriend...
Did you refer her, or vice versa? Or did you both know about it beforehand?
She actually referred me...
I know, she's a keeper
- Comfortable with taking unusually large risks
- Open to patiently listening/reading about unpopular ideas
Has there ever been a poll done on "Are you male or female?" Would love to know an actual calculation on that!
Yes. See my sig for one of them.
Nice!
My girlfriend is not on these forums, but she's an active Bitcoin user... perhaps these results have a bias as the polling is done on a forum, correlating more with the profile of internet-forum users than with Bitcoin users. As a whole, I would imagine few tech forums have women on them, even if the technology itself is super popular and widely used. Say, like a forum for Windows-users. Lot's of women use Windows OS, but not very many will join a forum about it hahaha.
Then again, perhaps I just have a bias because she's my girlfriend...
Did you refer her, or vice versa? Or did you both know about it beforehand?
- Comfortable with taking unusually large risks
- Open to patiently listening/reading about unpopular ideas
Has there ever been a poll done on "Are you male or female?" Would love to know an actual calculation on that!
Yes. See my sig for one of them.
Nice!
My girlfriend is not on these forums, but she's an active Bitcoin user... perhaps these results have a bias as the polling is done on a forum, correlating more with the profile of internet-forum users than with Bitcoin users. As a whole, I would imagine few tech forums have women on them, even if the technology itself is super popular and widely used. Say, like a forum for Windows-users. Lot's of women use Windows OS, but not very many will join a forum about it hahaha.
Then again, perhaps I just have a bias because she's my girlfriend...
- Like conspiracy theories
I hate conspiracy theories.. and I don't know why you'd cast that aspersion on the Bitcoin community... unless you have some agenda to paint us all as nutballs so you can sideline us in economic debates.
What bank do you work for and just why are you 'profiling' us anyway!?
Anyway - for your dossier - the rest of it was pretty much correct for me - though I might just sneak into the x% of 'elderly' Bitcoiners!
- Comfortable with taking unusually large risks
- Open to patiently listening/reading about unpopular ideas
Has there ever been a poll done on "Are you male or female?" Would love to know an actual calculation on that!
Yes. See my sig for one of them.
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