Quote from: camden on August 30, 2011, 04:06:43 AM

Question from a newbie here...

I only came across BitCoin recently, so please, bare with me..

I am soo loving this concept and it's application. Security, LE, encryption, trust, and theft all seem to be discussed regularly. If BitCoins became more 'mainstream' (which it appears the majority want), wouldn't these type of issues come up in a more dramatic form? In other words, can it really become more popular with the mass populus needing to understand encryption, and all of the more technical facts? I can understand it (to some degree) fine on my own, but doesn't it somewhat counter-productive in a way?

Just askin.

Thanks

You need to understand encryption to use bitcoin in the same way you need to understand the federal reserve to use paper money.