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Topic: Until Bitcoin gets a proper client with proper marketing, prices will decline. (Read 1262 times)

legendary
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LEALANA Bitcoin Grim Reaper
Nothing to see here OP is a douche.

Client has nothing to do with price decline. Cheesy
legendary
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Bitcoin sales will be slow
Sales? Once a copywriter always a copywriter. Maybe all the frustrated writers from Somethingawfull can pool their talents and come up with some great Groupon deal on Bitcoin?
legendary
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Marketing manager - GO MP
+1

I've been telling people that even before the selloff, some folks get wild with the sockpuppet thing.
legendary
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Firstbits: 1pirata
full member
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And you picked right now to come up with this revelation? Get out. Just go away. Calling long-term bear is pretty easy after a massive daily drop.
legendary
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Very few newbies are tolerating the hours required to download and verify an entire blockchain. There are lite clients but look:

http://www.google.com/search?q=bitcoin

Nobody sees them when they first google Bitcoin. They just get the bad client that is on bitcoin.org. Until users google Bitcoin and get an easy-to-use experience, Bitcoin sales will be slow and the price will not go above $15.

I am a quick learner but it still took me forever to figure Bitcoin out. Now I see why my client wants to invest in the currency but, still, the software sucks.

Yes, "marketing" will always be an issue because first off "bitcoin" doesn't get 2.7% of every txn so there is no money for it.  And secondly, putting a light client on the bitcoin.org page would be kind of like the FED endorsing visa vs. mastercard -- the currency should not endorse a particular vendor solution.

Regardless, thanks for your persistence!  Are you an investment advisor?  How did your client learn about bitcoin?
legendary
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and the price will not go above $15.
Hopefully not  Smiley

Concerning the client I personally recommend Electrum.
legendary
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The Bitcoin client page lists several clients, with descriptions including "fast" and "low resource"?

http://bitcoin.org/clients.html
newbie
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Very few newbies are tolerating the hours required to download and verify an entire blockchain. There are lite clients but look:

http://www.google.com/search?q=bitcoin

Nobody sees them when they first google Bitcoin. They just get the bad client that is on bitcoin.org. Until users google Bitcoin and get an easy-to-use experience, Bitcoin sales will be slow and the price will not go above $15.

I am a quick learner but it still took me forever to figure Bitcoin out. Now I see why my client wants to invest in the currency but, still, the software sucks.
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