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Quote from: Hugroll on October 27, 2015, 04:52:03 PM

pretty sure majority of this forum uses bitcoin so you're asking the question in a biased place. i mainly use bitcoin only for transactions that i do online buying/selling small stuff. sometimes i use it for gambling, but i rarely use bitcoin outside in public

With "Who really uses Bitcoin" I think OP meant real Bitcoin usage as in purchasing stuff, using Bitcoin to send and receive money, etc. And not really investing in it and holding coins.

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Quote from: Laosai on October 28, 2015, 03:25:56 AM

Carders were one good example of criminals that loves bitcoin as they used to buy stuffs with hacked credit cards then sell it to someone with bitcoin as payment.

That's why the legal status of bitcoin varies from country to country and is still undefined because of that illegitimate use of bitcoin. Monitoring the possibility of bitcoin usage in money laundering and other illegal purposes are really the first priority by them rather than the benefits of bitcoin is. This is the reason why regulating bitcoin in some Central Bank per country is not yet present at the moment.

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Quote from: christycalhoun on October 27, 2015, 05:05:16 PM

It is true that there are lots of criminals that love bitcoins but there are more and more legitimate businesses popping up.

For me I think its true since bitcoin is hard to trace and criminals will definitely love that feature specially on crimes online

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Quote from: christycalhoun on October 27, 2015, 05:05:16 PM

It is true that there are lots of criminals that love bitcoins but there are more and more legitimate businesses popping up.

I try to discuss about the criminal,
true that the criminals who use bitcoin, examples of the c*rder they use a lot of gold, either for what, I do not know

Carders were one good example of criminals that loves bitcoin as they used to buy stuffs with hacked credit cards then sell it to someone with bitcoin as payment.

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Quote from: jdbtracker on October 27, 2015, 06:36:16 PM

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I don't know, check it out yourself...300 million usd daily.

yes, mostly for trading and moving their coins, i doubt those are all money used to buy stuff

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Quote from: christycalhoun on October 27, 2015, 05:05:16 PM

It is true that there are lots of criminals that love bitcoins but there are more and more legitimate businesses popping up.

I try to discuss about the criminal,
true that the criminals who use bitcoin, examples of the c*rder they use a lot of gold, either for what, I do not know

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I don't know, check it out yourself...300 million usd daily.

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It is true that there are lots of criminals that love bitcoins but there are more and more legitimate businesses popping up.

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Quote from: Huobi-USD on October 21, 2015, 01:38:55 AM

Who really uses bitcoin? and for you Who is the typical bitcoin user?
Who doesn't use it? and why does it matter?

I think everyone can use Bitcoin, i don't believe about existing "typical" bitcoin users, of course there is some people interested a little more than others about cryptocurrencies, i think they are a while using bitcoin more than others, but it's not general because we see many ppl just use btc to purchase goods and services or pay some fees, without really being interested about the cryptocurrencies world

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pretty sure majority of this forum uses bitcoin so you're asking the question in a biased place. i mainly use bitcoin only for transactions that i do online buying/selling small stuff. sometimes i use it for gambling, but i rarely use bitcoin outside in public

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i really use bitcoins as i usually pay with it for my digital goods such as steam wallet or something like that, thats why i like bitcoin the most

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Quote from: Corealz on October 21, 2015, 04:18:38 AM

There are certainly a lot of casino users that actively use bitcoin at the moment.

I think this is where people end up using it for after a while. The temptation is enormous to multiple your bits when you can't determine an actual value of it. One minute is it is worth $0.02 the next it is worth $0.05.

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Everybody on this forum uses bitcoin. (I think :O)

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Quote from: hoian0809 on October 26, 2015, 05:06:01 AM

I really uses it Grin

. I use bitcoin for about 1/3 of my purchases in general but was able to live almost exclusively on it for over a month winter.

1% is high proportion. You are lucky in such a country.

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I really uses it Grin

. I use bitcoin for about 1/3 of my purchases in general but was able to live almost exclusively on it for over a month winter.

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Quote from: visual111 on October 25, 2015, 08:16:01 PM

nerds, hackers, terrorists, speculators at the moment

bankers are slowly moving in....

i doubt terrorists are using bitcoin, its like putting all your financial records out in public for everyone to see, you just have to find em. and im pretty sure NSA has the technology to find these kind of transactions.

Probably they are using it nowadays, I heard some news regarding to ISIS supporters using bitcoin to fund those terrorists. And due to its "anonymous" (which is completely not) nature, its very possible it can be used by terrorists.

Everything has its bad and good sides. Everything!! Just to concentrate on bad sides of something and stay oblivious to all of the advantages is very hypocritical at least.

Are terrorist using it? Maybe! Just like they are using Fiat, gold, diamonds and whatever can facilitate their operations. We cannot really do anything about. This is not even worth of discussion!

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Quote from: Hugroll on October 25, 2015, 08:24:13 PM

Quote from: visual111 on October 25, 2015, 08:16:01 PM

nerds, hackers, terrorists, speculators at the moment

bankers are slowly moving in....

i doubt terrorists are using bitcoin, its like putting all your financial records out in public for everyone to see, you just have to find em. and im pretty sure NSA has the technology to find these kind of transactions.

Probably they are using it nowadays, I heard some news regarding to ISIS supporters using bitcoin to fund those terrorists. And due to its "anonymous" (which is completely not) nature, its very possible it can be used by terrorists.

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Quote from: Huobi-USD on October 21, 2015, 01:38:55 AM

Who really uses bitcoin?

Everyone who know about bitcoin

Quote from: Huobi-USD on October 21, 2015, 01:38:55 AM

and for you Who is the typical bitcoin user?

Trader,Gambler,Business, and all people who know about bitcoin and crypto currency

Quote from: Huobi-USD on October 21, 2015, 01:38:55 AM

Who doesn't use it? and why does it matter?

Who don't know technology.

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in my sense bitcoin users are online users who are mostly online and who came to know about it and knew its value and uses. bitcoin are also investment option for most of the user.

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Early adopters use bitcoin. I hold and use bitcoin.

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Quote from: winguard on October 24, 2015, 03:04:30 AM

Who really uses bitcoin- Ordinay folk like me, use btc to pay bills, buy prepaid cellphone loads, ordering stuff online, online gambling and change to fiat when in need.

Who is the typical bitcoin user- One who has knowledge about crypto, how it works and benefit the system.

Why does it matter- For bitcoin to grow, it needs mainstream adoption.

BTC won't be adopted; it's fishy, not regulated, slow and so on.

The people likes regulations, safety, etc. BTC will remain for speculative trading, dark markets.
It has no advantage over any traditional payment systems like debit/credit cards/bank wires and payment processors like Paypal.

It's just "trendy" for now. Nothing more.

The trend is for regulation(see the exchangers who are looking for licenses which means AML, KYC and GOVs rules in the end) and this will be the end of Bitcoin. Why? Because the dark market( over 85% from BTC) will leave this e-currency when it will be "regulated".

yeah no advantages, like low fee, privacy, not-hackable while you spent a transaction, sure...

with fiat if you leave your credid card credentials on some website they can still all your funds, with bitcoin it's impossible

well, I may agree with you IF:

- the debit/credit cards have ZERO fees for purchasing online and offline.
- i would not read news regarding to hacking of the Bitcoin wallets all the time..
- i have to remember you the BTC wallets hacking is not a news anymore on the Bitcoin's market. It's a habit. everyday, a lot of wallets are hacked.

so, tell me one advantage of using Bitcoin against traditional payment systems. do not tell me about privacy because it does not exist anymore. all the exchangers requires papers.

the hacking about bitcoin, it's only because people don't know how to use their desktop

i still have all my bitcoin here from two years already, no one has ever stolen them, and this is why? because i simply don't download random .exe form the web or surf malicious site

credit card are at risk of hacking every day, they can clone your card easily nowadays, and steal everything before you can even be aware of it and block the card

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