Quote from: mk4 on April 06, 2020, 10:33:15 PM

Unfortunately, wala talaga tayong magagawa dahil isa talaga sa pinaka unang use-case ng bitcoin ay gamitin sa Silk Road gaya ng sabi sa documentary. If anything, ung Silk Road mismo ung nagdala ng Bitcoin sa limelight. Kumbaga un ung nagbigay ng early boost sa publicity. Though hindi naman 100% na binebenta sa Silk Road e illegal na bagay, dahil meron ring mga bagay na nakakahiya bilhin sa personal(e.g. viagra, sex toys, etc), safe to assume talaga na mostly e illegal.

The publicity they got from Silk Road isn't even good publicity, instead it slowed things down for it by dragging it's name and use because of the first impression it had. Yung sinasabi mong "limelight" about Bitcoin hindi ito yung magandang klase kasi ito yung tinatawag nilang "infamy" na nadala ng Bitcoin dahil sa pagiging first choice nya as a payment option in Silk Road. Yes Silk Road has done a lot on Bitcoin's early price increase but considering the cons it brought like several years of delay regarding mass adoption? Mas pipiliin ko pa din yung mas nagagamit na yung Bitcoin ngayon compared sa early price increase.

Quote from: mk4 on April 06, 2020, 10:33:15 PM

But then again, though unfortunately masyadong negative ang naging initial impression ng karamihan(Silk Road, MtGox, 2018 price drop, etc), by time marerealize rin ng mga tao. Unfortunately, I'd say marerealize ng masa ung importance ng Bitcoin once tumaas na masyado ung pera. Madali lang kasing iignore ng masa ang Bitcoin dahil maganda ang takbo ng fiat economy ng U.S., at least sa ngayon. As for countries like Venezuela, safe to assume na dumami ang taong nakarealize ng importance ng Bitcoin. Most people learn the hard way ika nga. On the bright side, madali lang naman i-rebut ung mga typical criticisms ng Bitcoin.

Opportunities are always there kahit sa labas pa ng crypto industry, yung mga nagsasabi na kung nalaman nila yung Bitcoin dati pa mayaman na sila ngayon, sila yung matatawag mo na "hindsight is always 20/20" dahil gumagawa sila ng mga dream scenarios na wala naman talaga sakanila. If they want to invest then they better star by educating themselves not with what ifs.