Quote from: indio007 on September 13, 2011, 12:03:18 PM

I'm quite surprised this thread even exists among this community. Out of all the people in the world i though you guys would know that race is a SOCIAL CONSTRUCT

err yes, race is social construct. and?
racism is still a powerful and pervasive force in our societies, we are one generation from
http://i.imgur.com/1fVV8.jpg
but apparently now it's no longer a problem and hey if we all bury our heads in the sand and pretend that white privelege no longer exists everything will be A-OK

Again, I'm not complaining that there are few black people here. I recognise that the techie nature makes the landscape more like northern canada (although presumably there are women in northern canada. whats your excuse for the gender imbalance?)... It's a natural consequence of the territory. However, it being 'natural' doesn't make it positive. And we can't stay in northern canada forever. At some point, bitcoin needs to expand to the rest of the world.

But does nobody else think it is a bad thing that bitcoin is dominated by white dudes? You idiots mock the idea of even pausing for a second to analyse the consequences of that.
I think there should be a concerned effort increase the diversity of the bitcoin userbase, because the bitcoin economy will only succeed when it is true representative of wider legacy-currency using society. We need everyone to use bitcoins, not just white nerds... An economy cannot sustain itself on slim jims, mountain dew and RAM upgrades alone. And by it's nature there is a risk of moving bitcoin into a 'niche' in which we control the wealth. Once we are in there it's going to be difficult to move out of.