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legendary
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Strength in numbers
January 03, 2012, 01:46:13 AM
#50
Does this really look like a doomed currency to anyone?
http://bitcoincharts.com/charts/mtgoxUSD#rg360ztgSzm1g10zm2g25zv

The first time the value hit $5 it hit $30 within a month!
hero member
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January 03, 2012, 01:41:14 AM
#49
Because too few developers.  Angry
newbie
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January 03, 2012, 01:39:44 AM
#48
The bust from $30 to $2.30 and all the scams are a little disheartening.
full member
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December 20, 2011, 06:42:50 AM
#47
Some people are just impatient i guess, not only because they lose their faith.
newbie
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member
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newbie
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December 19, 2011, 02:12:05 PM
#44
member
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December 19, 2011, 02:09:19 PM
#43
Does this really look like a doomed currency to anyone?
http://bitcoincharts.com/charts/mtgoxUSD#rg360ztgSzm1g10zm2g25zv
legendary
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If you want to walk on water, get out of the boat
December 19, 2011, 01:21:09 PM
#42
I know skepticism is healthy, but why are people so quick in jumping off the bitcoin ship?

AFAIK, bitcoin had a quick boom and an even quicker fall this year. But, now it's actually more valuable then before the boom. Newbs can lose faith when they realize that they can't have a bank protecting them because they are their own banks
This is very true. Now it can be used for MUCH MORE things than before the boom
member
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December 19, 2011, 12:20:25 PM
#41
I know skepticism is healthy, but why are people so quick in jumping off the bitcoin ship?

AFAIK, bitcoin had a quick boom and an even quicker fall this year. But, now it's actually more valuable then before the boom. Newbs can lose faith when they realize that they can't have a bank protecting them because they are their own banks
newbie
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December 18, 2011, 03:51:51 PM
#40
Is their an y major banks who deal with bitcOins
donator
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Let's talk governance, lipstick, and pigs.
December 17, 2011, 07:18:50 PM
#39
It's because the #1 BTC exchange, MTgox, is complete shit and will be hacked again.
I don't trust any exchange with any significant amount. I leave that to the day traders to take the risks. They don't seem to mind. I've noticed that right before or after a rally there are movements of millions of Bitcoin, presumably to/from mtgox.
legendary
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December 17, 2011, 06:28:00 PM
#38
It's because the #1 BTC exchange, MTgox, is complete shit and will be hacked again.
newbie
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December 17, 2011, 09:42:41 AM
#37
$30-$40k worth of hardware ...
mining SC's

I haven't realized someone could be that retarded.  Shocked
+1
sr. member
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November 19, 2011, 05:25:17 PM
#36
Purely down to implementation in my opinion. The core bitcoin protocols are theoretically very sound it is how they are used at the moment that are the problem eg... MtGox hack( under protected wallets ). If you are not a technical person it can be very hard to take the steps necessary to protect your wallet from theft either local or remote which can means that people cannot trust the system fully.

Oh yeah and also virtually no one accepts them as payment so even if your wallet is fully secure its gonna be hard to find anything to do with them Tongue

And a large majority of the people who do fall under one of two categories

re-resellers (people who buy from a reseller to sell to you)

bitcoin-propaganda (well, not really propaganda, but people who sell crap like bitcoin gold coins, bitcoin watches, bitcoin stuff...)
newbie
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November 19, 2011, 11:27:56 AM
#35
Purely down to implementation in my opinion. The core bitcoin protocols are theoretically very sound it is how they are used at the moment that are the problem eg... MtGox hack( under protected wallets ). If you are not a technical person it can be very hard to take the steps necessary to protect your wallet from theft either local or remote which can means that people cannot trust the system fully.

Oh yeah and also virtually no one accepts them as payment so even if your wallet is fully secure its gonna be hard to find anything to do with them Tongue
full member
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Bitcoin!
November 14, 2011, 11:34:52 AM
#34
I think we need both easier ways to buy them, and more reasons to buy as well (more products and services that can be purchased with BTC)
sr. member
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November 14, 2011, 02:22:40 AM
#33
We need easier ways to BUY them. I think trading them for online game currencies would be a nice market, there are  alot of gamers here and  alot out there looking to sell their gold

And more things to spend them on. Like you sell golds for btc, you spend btc to buy games.

And perhaps a reason to buy. Feel free to tweet why I, or anyone else, should.
legendary
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If you want to walk on water, get out of the boat
November 12, 2011, 03:34:31 PM
#32
We need easier ways to BUY them. I think trading them for online game currencies would be a nice market, there are  alot of gamers here and  alot out there looking to sell their gold

And more things to spend them on. Like you sell golds for btc, you spend btc to buy games.
legendary
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RUM AND CARROTS: A PIRATE LIFE FOR ME
November 12, 2011, 02:01:00 PM
#31
I think it's a natural cycle. Too many people jumped on board as an investment opportunity, they wanted to sit back and cash in. The truth is, the people mining the coin should also be promoting the coin. We need it circulating to make it real (for lack of a better word). Hoarding and playing the exchanges isn't enough. We need non-tech people to start using it somehow.
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