In 2017/2018 with the sharp increase in the price to the ATH of $18 000+, people were saying that Bitcoin can never be a currency with that kind of fluctuation and volatility in the price.
In the 3rd & 4th quater of 2018 up to Jan 2019, we have experienced a correction from that ATH and we are seeing much less volatility in the price.
Would you say that Bitcoin has shed it's speculator skin and emerged as a true currency, after this correction? I think with most of the speculators left the Bitcoin scene in the last year or so and Bitcoin has truly transformed into a community of people who are more interested in the technology and using the technology as a currency.
Let's discuss, because I am very curious in what you opinions are about this.
In the 3rd & 4th quater of 2018 up to Jan 2019, we have experienced a correction from that ATH and we are seeing much less volatility in the price.
Would you say that Bitcoin has shed it's speculator skin and emerged as a true currency, after this correction? I think with most of the speculators left the Bitcoin scene in the last year or so and Bitcoin has truly transformed into a community of people who are more interested in the technology and using the technology as a currency.
Let's discuss, because I am very curious in what you opinions are about this.
Bitcoin I first see it as a store of value and then as currency. The intensity of both depends on the degree of adoption. The adoption is increasing: every use case of whatever cryptocurrencies indirectly generates bitcoin popularity increase. The number of large companies and even states that promote solutions with blockchain technology is significantly increasing