Quote from: Snorek on October 01, 2015, 01:50:38 PM

Quote from: CoinBateman on October 01, 2015, 01:31:53 PM

I still think that despite the spotlight Bitcoin will get from Banks exploring the use of blockchain, the real winner isn't Bitcoin.

Infact, i'm pretty sure that since the January low, we have already had a new player in Bitcoin, most probably a bank and what used to be 'the people's currency' will once again become more and more centralised.

I feel the same, bitcoin is not in the middle of things. Blockchain is. I think that all banks want is to cut off blockchain, destroy bitcoin and create their own coins. Just like CitiBank is doing now: http://techcrunch.com/2015/07/07/citibank-is-working-on-its-own-digital-currency-citicoin/

I'm sure that one bank or even a group of banks don't have the power to destroy bitcoin. Even those will create its coin (I think no because tho blockchain will be used by them with other purposes) this coin will be used only by them and their users, and if every bank or group of banks in the world will have their coins we will have another group of coins like those which are created since today and are all clones of bitcoin. All those are changed with, and referred to bitcoin. So, it will be the same even with the new ones.