Quote from: JPage on April 14, 2016, 11:45:06 PM

Quote from: AgentofCoin on April 14, 2016, 10:49:15 PM

Quote from: JPage on April 14, 2016, 04:37:03 PM

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We have to stop showing 3BgtSzEpMH6PVwKNhp4MV5ruTFLTvmqmLo to the public. It can't be read/understood anyway.
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Only Circle seems to be going down the path of making this user friendly for non-nerds. That is not enough. Now go fix your wallet.

Bitcoin was created to allow the individual user to entirely control their own funds, without control or restraint.
Circle is an exchange and my understanding is that they do not provide their users with their private keys.

Are you saying that for the masses to use Bitcoin/bitcoin, they need not be bothered with their private keys as well?

All I am saying is...

if you show this: 3BgtSzEpMH6PVwKNhp4MV5ruTFLTvmqmLo to computer nerds, they will squirm and giggle like a bowl full of little girls. But if you show that to people - they won't touch it. No matter what.

You can spend eternity trying to explain it - people won't listen. People won't ever use bitcoin if it involves long explanations of where to put / how to handle 'private keys'.

I understand and agree with what you are essentially saying.

I just find it sad that Bitcoin was created so that individuals could control and perform their
own financial payments and savings and would not rely on trusted third-party systems. Now,
if your argument comes to reality one day, the average user will once again rely on those
third-party systems that caused Satoshi to make Bitcoin in the first place.

If people never really understand Bitcoin, chances are they will just stick with credit cards no matter what we do.
The incentive to use Bitcoin/bitcoin comes from what makes it different from the current financial systems.