I don't use dollars because:
They aren't backed by anything
They can be used to buy drugs
They can be stolen
Topic: Why use bitcoins when my dollars are working just fine for me? - page 4. (Read 4032 times)
IMHO it is way too early to try and lure ordinary people into bitcoins. People with technical knowledge who have been into bitcoins for years still fail at keeping their coins secure. The technology simply isn't ready for the masses yet. If too many people bet burned by being pushed into this too early it will backfire on us all.
where do ordinary people go to find out things for themselves? Google > technical stuff to read > ooh videos with the word dummies in it. Also, many months and years from now, people will still be asking these questions. I like the focus here. Keep up the great work. Plus, the porn/fake glasses are hilarious.
edit: it's really hard to send cash really fast really far. Especially micro payments.
My simple answer is that, every time you use your credit card, you're going to pay a heinous interest fee if you don't pay off the credit card right away. When you use cash, that's time you waste while the cashier counts it and makes change. (Those seconds add up, folks.) With Bitcoin, you can keep it in a mobile wallet and have all the convenience of paying quickly just by scanning a QR code with none of the interest rate. If you're watching your budget, you can simply convert some of your dollars into Bitcoin before you go into a store that accepts Bitcoin, and then however much is in your mobile wallet is how much you have to spend.
IMHO it is way too early to try and lure ordinary people into bitcoins. People with technical knowledge who have been into bitcoins for years still fail at keeping their coins secure. The technology simply isn't ready for the masses yet. If too many people bet burned by being pushed into this too early it will backfire on us all.
EDIT:
Here is the result of all your input guys
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/21-reasons-why-bitcoins-are-better-than-dollars-video-707114
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This would be the topic of our next video from our educational series. We want to give the people plenty of good reasons why bitcoin is better and in which scenarios.
Naturally we want to crowd source the ideas as we will never be able to figure out all the angles that a community could.
So, please post below your reason to use bitcoins instead of dollars or credit card. Some of those will be used in the video.
If you are not familiar with our work, here is what we have produced so far:
If you like what we are doing you can support it by sharing the videos.
If you want your company featured in the next one, you can bid for that right now: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/bid-for-product-pacement-in-video-series-about-bitcoin-90k-views-so-far-680624
Here is the result of all your input guys
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/21-reasons-why-bitcoins-are-better-than-dollars-video-707114
------------------------------------------------------------
This would be the topic of our next video from our educational series. We want to give the people plenty of good reasons why bitcoin is better and in which scenarios.
Naturally we want to crowd source the ideas as we will never be able to figure out all the angles that a community could.
So, please post below your reason to use bitcoins instead of dollars or credit card. Some of those will be used in the video.
If you are not familiar with our work, here is what we have produced so far:
- The first one "Finally a simple answer of what is Bitcoin!" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWYVktImeTk
- The second "Is Bitcoin a Ponzi?" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kImBgWDgIlA
- The 3rd "Does Bitcoin have an intrinsic value?" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2R3Zg1KL_KE
- the 4th "Why bitcoin transactions are so slow and why there is a huge risk of double spending?" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrvinzeAymg[/b]
If you like what we are doing you can support it by sharing the videos.
If you want your company featured in the next one, you can bid for that right now: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/bid-for-product-pacement-in-video-series-about-bitcoin-90k-views-so-far-680624
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