Quote from: starmman on February 04, 2017, 10:08:16 AM

Quote from: stereotype on February 04, 2017, 08:02:42 AM

Quote from: 600watt on February 04, 2017, 07:13:49 AM

i am not a techie. no IT guy at all. i came across bitcoin by means of a historic perspective. what strikes me most is the blatant ignorance of most of the IT guys that i talk about bitcoin. they always laugh. i mean those guys are professionals, the make their income because they figured out that digitization is a mega trend, but they refuse to see the elegance of bitcoin. how can this be?

They do see it. That laugh is a nervous one, that covers up a little bit of anger, and feelings of 'missing out'.

I've been involved for around 18th months and managed to accumulate some BTC - but even I feel like I missed out from the early days - was fully aware of BTC but took a long time to take the plunge - wish I'd got in earlier - but glad that I did.

The irony is that the idea of 'missing out' on bitcoin is those IT guys showing even more ignorance. They also 'missed out' when bitcoin hit a $200 low in 2015, but still chose to do nothing. They will 'miss out' again when bitcoin doubles or triples from here.

Missing out on buying a tiny bit of bitcoin and then overnight becoming rich? Sure, yes... definitely.

Missing out on making a major or ongoing investment in bitcoin, and still one day become rich? Maybe, or it just might take longer than their shortsighted timeframe of 1 year. More like a decade or two. (pro tip: quit dumping all that money every year into your pitiful 401k, put it directly into bitcoin instead)

Missing out on using bitcoin as a global, universal payment method? Never

Missing out on using bitcoin as a long term store of value? Never

Missing out on using bitcoin as a hedge against inflation? Never