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Quote from: superresistant on February 18, 2014, 02:46:37 PM

Well of course I am part of the elite, I always been. What is new is that everyone can be part of it. Bitcoin is open to everyone.
It doesn't matter your background and education. Anyone can learn. Information is free and transparent.
It doesn't matter how much you invest in, everyone can invest and make a profit.

"Bitcoin is open to everyone"

Nope, its not. Well maybe for a few entitled kids who got everything from their parents it is. But for the majority of the world's population it isn't. The majority of the world population doesn't have a computer, even less people have internet, and most people don't have any money to buy bitcoins with, because they use all their money for food and still they starve.

I always get a little angry, if I see entitled kids from rich parents claiming everything is for free. The world doesn't work like that. Try to look beyond the little box you live in, pal.

I think everyone that lives in a developed country with access to the internet is part of an "elite" crowd already in a way. We can get philosophical about this. But I think the main point is that anyone that can afford to buy a few lattes at their local Starbucks can log into free internet there and buy Bitcoin. It is fairly accessible to anyone IN A DEVELOPED COUNTRY, regardless of how entitled the person is. The question of course is how much can they buy? They should be able to buy at least $5 worth if they just forgo one Frappuccino. But I do agree the the open to "everyone" was exaggerated when thinking in global terms.

omg...you just said "everyone that lives in a developed country" and not 3 sentences later you claim its "fairly accessible to anyone". so the 5 billion people who aren't in this special group can be just swept under the rug, only really the 2 billion people in developed countries count? this is really disgusting...how can someone be so entitled...

OK. I fixed it. I would have thought you could get my point with the context.

Notice my last line "open to "everyone" was exaggerated when thinking in global terms."

Wow. Just wow.

its also wrong if you just take the developed world. the whole idea of "its open to everyone" is completely ridiculous and stupid. and simply wrong.

Homeless people on "skid row" in Los Angeles have cell phones so I am not so sure that there is no way they could get their hands on $1 worth of BTC.

But if it makes you feel better, insert "almost everyone" instead of "everyone" if you want to be precise.

again, how on earth is "a tiny minority" in your brain "almost everyone"? im asking you for the fifth time now i think

To be specific, I was writing that "almost everyone" in America, or any developed country has access to Bitcoin. I understand that with a global mindset that Bitcoin is NOT accessible to most of the world easily. However, that could and will hopefully change at some point. Bitcoin could be helpful for places where banking is not easily accessible for them. Hopefully, at some point, all that will be needed is cell phones.