Quote from: mrjuice on September 13, 2017, 04:16:11 AM

Nonsense. Someone invented Bitcoin so where is this person? Why all the mystery? Why being anonymous? Serious grown up people will think this is a speculative bubble kept up by major Bitcoin holders

Educated, mathermatically-minded, Serious grown up people around the world have steadily invested and increased said investments to the tune of over $66 Billion USD equivelent as they see store of value.

Bitcoin is not anonymous, and has no mystery - it is a open blockchain with EVERYTHING RECORDED in an honest open, secured ledger.
Criminals use cash and private shell companies to expense invoices using Big Bank Swift network for wires - most world crime happens via fiat using traditional banks. Sometimes small crimes are committed by complete idiots out in the open to be tracked and found easily via bitcoin. More criminals can be caught if they use bitcoin more instead of cash.

Quote from: centralbanksequalsbombs on September 13, 2017, 03:10:23 AM

Quote from: Pearls Before Swine on September 13, 2017, 03:01:04 AM

Quote from: HabBear on September 13, 2017, 02:46:57 AM

Quote from: mrjuice on September 13, 2017, 02:29:27 AM

What do you guys think about this?

No association. No formality. No governing body. No central control. It all would go against the foundation tenets of Bitcoin. The trade off for that freedom is that there is no single message to refute the FUD or bad press. That's OK. It's the individual adoption of each us that stands up against the negative press. Our individual action gives the community strength.

Agreed. No, no no. People can say what they want about bitcoin, but it
doesn't make it true, and 'we' as the bitcoin community have no duty to sway
public opinion. This is a currency, and 'we' are but users of that currency. Didn't
there used to be a Bitcoin Foundation that ended up being corrupt as hell? That's
exactly what would happen, or similar, if it's tried again. We don't need such a thing
and I vote for no.

Have to agree with Habbear, Pearls Before Swine, tailwang above.

When it comes to bitcoin;
China's central authority is becoming irrelevant.
Jamie Dimon is becoming irrelevant (we all see the uneducated irony of his statements today)
All the world's largest banks who have been blocking any disclosed/open bitcoin transactions/businesses since 2013 are irrelevant.
Any attempts of government regulations / legalizations are irrelevant.
Bitcoin hit escape velocity back in 2013 (4 years ago) and has been strengthening ever since. It's 10 year anniversary is not too far away.

Truth is, Bitcoin is secure because of all of its dynamics (decentralized, open-source, immutable, secure, store of value, long established, system-of-balance: miners vs developers vs users). There is no other financial asset on earth (fiat, stocks, gold, or real estate) that can beat the store of value that is Bitcoin.

A globally scarce financial asset is above $66Billion and still considered tiny and newly emerging.