Quote from: cerebro415 on March 09, 2018, 05:44:58 AM

Noticed how a person interested about the BTC including those already involved with the BTC, find almost every information about it via the internet, news websites, and online community organizations such as this? Why is it that it is very rare, or almost astronomical to see any station considered as "mainstream media" talk about the BTC and other forms of digital coins/currencies?

Power and Influence would be one, as it is indeed true that most who are materialistic and live with the principles of greed view that having money is already power, and the influence comes from the ability to manipulate and control the flow of money, but truth be told, money is not the true source of power and influence, those who believe that it is are superficial beings whose neural circuitry are so narrow, limited even, and they tend to ignore the fact that intelligence is the source of ideas and innovations which are more important and life changing than anything.

Considering the premises that are included in the latter statements, one who truly understands the entirety of the cryptocurrency, the BTC, and the technology behind it, not forgetting the principles that it has which provide more solutions to problems often encountered when dealing with other form of currency, including FIATs, would know that BTC is a great idea, an invention that has the potential, to innovate and make the lives of people better. Despite the existence of several laws concerning the media, and one of which is a law that obliges or imposes a strict mandate on these mediums of information, to set a particular air time, in terms of informing the public about things that are beneficial to the public, some of these would involve health, Government Issues, employment, entrepreneurship, work, or simply, ways on how a person can earn, with or without someone paying them to do so. Is it not true? that the BTC is something that can be considered as beneficial and even positively life changing, that it would allow a person to earn money, in order to have means of attaining the essential needs, vital for living and surviving, and it is true that the modern reality we have, money is required for certain elements such as health, education, food and shelter, including entertainment and luxury.

In terms of the legality of BTC and the cryptocurrencies, in a global context it could be considered both illegal but at the same time illegal, because certain nations ban it while others do not, thus the question of legality is nothing more than an issue of and on regulation. In my country, the BTC is not legal because certain banks allow transactions involving the BTC, but the media is still failing to uphold their part by not letting the public know about it.
So if a person, who is involved with the BTC and BTC is legal in his or her country but has a media community that does not talk about it, then something is wrong, and the media can play a big role not only in increasing the literacy of the population when it comes to making a living by getting involved with BTC and other forms of cryptocurrency, but also help in making the BTC and other cryptocurrency, accepted. Let us face it, it would be a step further from getting it banned or illegal.

Despite all of the latter, why is it still the case for the media? and we go back to the first factors mentioned, power and influence. Imagine if most members of the population have huge volumes of money they earned from BTC, and most banks would not have control over it, because they should not and should just mind their own business (every person has all the right in the world to make his or her life better and if it is from something legal then it is justified), the media and banks would lose their grips on the flow and control of money, and would have a decrease in the influence they have. If the banks are not involved, then it would be the sole agenda of the media, because they to rely on money for power and influence. Truth be told. What are your thoughts about this?

I think one of the obvious and main reasons that make cryptocurrency a very weak alternative to the physical money is first it being decentralized. I think that when cryptocurrency started there really was a lot of positivity surrounding that concept but when the volatility arrives it changed. Second is its anonymous nature in which a lot of people can send this coins to basically anyone online and anywhere in the world and it is being used to fund malicious equipments or even illegal activities