The thing is, I can find lots of things to do with bitcoins. But in virtually all cases, it is much faster, convenient and liquid to use dollars. None of the bitcoin revolutionists here have explained -- what can you do with bitcoin that you can't do more easily with fiat?
You can store value / invest. And you can buy overpriced drugs in mail.
What else?
You can store value / invest. And you can buy overpriced drugs in mail.
What else?
@desired username
let's pretend I am completely new to bitcoins, never even heard of them before you told me about them. I ask you how I can acquire said coins
What would be your response?
Obviously, without going into details here, I would point them towards:
-Several exchanges
-Localbitcoins
-Bitcointalk
-Local bitcoin forums
I know it can be hard for some people to buy them, but it's basically because of the restricted financial system and early stage of adoption. Funnily it also highlights the state of our freedom quite apparently. ;-)
I always feel that people expect a complete / finished product when they first hear about bitcoin. It has a lot more headroom to grow in my opinion and not just in terms of acceptance. This past 1 year showed pretty decent progress. When I started mining there weren't even any shop accepting it. Now I always check if something can be bought for bitcoin first.
Again, I understand if it's not convenient for everyone at this very moment but it can easily change (or not).
