I find shopping with BTC a lot more convenient. I don't need to give away the necessary details for charging my account. By the nature of my work, I travel awfully lot. I got sting by card fraud many times which is quite annoying.
I can do international transfers very quickly and without horrendous wait times and fees. I can buy desired things which are not sold in my country (electronics, domains and many more).
And I'm glad it works for you, believe me I am not trying to disparage what Bitcoins did for this field as a whole. I just am pointing out the fact that
As I said it previously, the usefulness of BTC is highly dependent on personal circumstances and geolocation.
Should be a good indicator of how this speculation
Saying that it won't be mainstream is ignorant in my opinion. maybe it will maybe it won't. time will tell.
is going to play out
I am fully supportive of any cryptocurrency that is willing to work with the supporters who make it possible. Bitcoin turned its back a long time ago
It is a common myth that
BTC is for black market purposes only.
This article shows that most Bitcoin users do not even take drugs (I am in this demoagraphic):
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-03-10/demographics-bitcoinMany people, including me, are captivated more by the technological aspects of the currency, and how different it is to anything which has come before, more than the black market aspect (myself included).
It is as revolutionary as the invention of the Internet itself, and is the first P2P currency to EVER be created.
Only those with small minds only focus on the black market aspect.
A cursory google news search for BItcoin will reveal much activity from angel investors and legitimate companies doing things which have never been done before.
Stop spreading this trash talk.
the average person using bitcoins to buy drugs isn't going to be filling out some shitty survey especially via a fucking google doc link. Only those with small minds
IGNORE the black market aspect