Quote from: Jalum on July 10, 2011, 04:47:03 PM

Quote from: Nescio on July 09, 2011, 11:18:19 PM

Heh, thanks, now I don't have to make a similar list

I was going to include writing a CV, getting a job, going through the hassle of getting IDd/rejected/reapplying for a bank account, waiting for your first paycheck etc. - since Jalum conveniently ignores the fact that US Dollars do not magically fall out of the air either.

As an average adult in Western society, if someone tells me that something costs a dollar, I have the background knowledge about how I can attain a dollar, and the various means with which I can transmit that dollar to the other party.

The target for this is not yet the average adult anyway. Target would be precocious kids.

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The average adult does not know what a bitcoin is. Once you explain to them about anonymous cryptocurrencies, if they're still interested they will need to know how to obtain one. Please come up with a more concise list of steps that you would tell someone to ensure that they were able to turn their dollars into bitcoins into a WoW subscription. This is what Blizzard would have to do: if they advertise a payment method, they sure as hell make sure you know how to utilize it.

You sure like to take your staw men and run with them don't you. No, they have no reason to make sure as hell you know how to utilize every option they make available. They would only need to do this if it became the only payment options. Most would continue to do what they do now, and not even really notice if at a conscious level. Some would notice and shrug it off as probably some regional debit card network or a new value card from the local stores. Some especially those damn precocious kids would become curious and go learn about it.

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Yes, the products you can buy with bitcoins are "similar" to those you can buy with USD. They just cost 400% more.

So are the rent to own places and they are popular to a similar demographic of those cut out of the current banking credit system.