Quote from: flug on July 01, 2011, 08:36:13 AM

Quote from: hugolp on July 01, 2011, 08:14:59 AM

Quote from: flug on July 01, 2011, 08:13:22 AM

I think the biggest problem right now is.. where do you buy Bitcoins? Seriously, where does the average person buy bitcoins right now? The exchanges? No way!

Why not? (honest question).

I honestly couldn't imagine anyone in my family wiring USD to mtgox (from a GBP bank account), going thru the process of trading then pulling the bitcoins back to the client (which no one in my family really understands)

Now, if there was a website where you could buy bitcoins into an online account with a credit card in a few minutes, then have them (almost) instantly usable with a barcode enabled smartphone app, that would be different.

+1

Same here. I talk to people about it and then they say "That sounds great! How do I get some?" ... "Urmm well.. I can buy some for you via #bitcoin-otc and then just transfer the balance to my bank account"... "...oh.".

Maybe it's just a GBP thing.

The encouraging thing is the... "that sounds great!" part.