Quote from: spb25 on February 29, 2016, 01:24:02 AM

Never mind. This is the exact mindset that I am talking about.

at one part of your OP you are talking with the mindset of a one world currency. which in and of itself is not a good thing. choice and freedom is better. so trying to force people to get the internet and then force them to use bitcoin wont work.

bitcoin is already 150 of 200 real currencies of the world based on market cap. and its achieving this not by becoming a dominent currency, not by becoming a government used currency(fiat). and not by using pressure.

for instance in africa the majority of their economy IS based on cellular phone access to funds (mpesa). so bitcoin can work even in third world countries

there are over 1 billion mobile broadband (3g/4g) connections in the world and 5 billion cell phones with active lines in the world.
http://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/mobile-phone-world-population-2014/

there are over 3.1billion internet subscriptions
http://www.statista.com/statistics/273018/number-of-internet-users-worldwide/

so try not to think that bitcoin only has usage to 1% of the world. it has potential of 50% of the world.

Quote from: spb25 on February 29, 2016, 01:55:02 AM

This response kind of bothers me. I'd like to ask you to stop and imagine a person that has never used the internet. Now imagine that they were to read what you just wrote.

This is why it will be many many more years before non techies even consider BTC. This was the exact point of my post. I feel like people on this forum live on another planet. You can joke all you want, but if BTC is going to rise in price, it is the non techie that needs to be convinced to use BTC. You guys are pushing people away and you don't even realize it.

and to get to your point. if all you care about is the FIAT valuation of bitcoin, then thats just a speculative user and not a true bitcoin user.
anyone who just wants to hold a currency purely for future profits can find a numerous amount of other assets to invest in.

bitcoins users should not be trying to push users into bitcoin out of promises of riches. but on its real utility. the deflationary nature is just a bonus.

so if you tweak your mindset and realise that todays 2million of 7billion (0.028%) has alot of potential for growth for speculators, as i said 0.028 to 50% is alot of multiples 2000x infact. so relax on the speculation.

and instead think about the utility.

getting people into bitcoin does not need to blind them with science of mining or c++ code. you just need to tell them to down load an app from circle, coinbase etc to buy in and then use a different app to secure the funds and use them without the corporate control.