Quote from: fancy_pants on January 15, 2013, 03:02:52 AM

Quote from: gabbergabe on January 12, 2013, 11:39:06 AM

Just a thought, but paying for airline tickets in BTC? I kno it has nothing to do this but It just got me thinking about it. sorry ill make a new thread about it.

Actually that's why I posted!

Well I thought the whole purpose behind BTC was anonymity? And Though alot of people believe that purchasing anything you shouldn't be required to provide personal information but a plane ticket they definitely require a lot of personal identification.

But then again If you dont really care to much and if you were one of the lucky/smart ones who was part of the begining of BTC and you were mining and amassed quite a few coins then buying plane tickets and racking up flyer miles would be a win/win for you.

But this is my personal opinion and I want to make that clear before I say this but...It seems that BTC is a currency for the tech savvy and is requires the average person to educate themselves on BTC and how it works, how to us it, and how to obtain it. And unfortunatly I think thats asking alot from your average person. So I just dont see this becoming a currency that your able to purchase plane tickets with.

I use my mother as a BTC expierement, she was excited when I had told her about it but I left it that. She came back to me awhile later saying it was just to hard to understand all on her own without investing a good chunk of her time to be comfortable with it. And with a 40 hour a week job and life as it is, it just didnt seem to benifit her to invest or go any further for her.

so with that said its just my opinion and how I see BTC with the average person. With USD Ive had my whole life to learn, earn, use, loose ect. Be comfortable with my countrys currency. And to implement a new alternative currency that is not a pysical , but digital doesnt really sit to well with most people when i first tell them about it.

We just really need a better way of getting the BTC message out there and in a way" DUMB" it down for the average person to get on board which I think we will all benifit from. I cant tell you how many time I felt stupid with BTC or with this forum because im not as educated as some of our members here on these subjects. And more then once its almost driven me to just leave it alone and to those more technical and just sticking to USD. But the benifits if BTC are just to great for me to walk away. So imagine the average person getting into it and how overwhelming it must be for them after the euphoria of the benifits of BTC ware off in the light of the reality of how BTC works and what you must know to be profecient with it.