hell, i'm still in the denial phase 'what do you mean you sell bitcoins on an exchange???!!!'
decentralise. do it now.
+1+1+1+1+1decentralise. do it now.
Actually the majority of Bitcoin trade has happened OTC since forever. In 2011, in 2012, in 2013. That a majority of Bitcoin's periphery (ie, people interested ideally but not invested significantly) don't know about this is neither surprising nor terribly relevant.
Out of curiosity, how do you reliably measure the amount of bitcoin exchange going on OTC?
you add it up on your fingers and toes and collate 'the majority', i presume, on account of it being 'obvious' or some other similar mathematical reasoning.
Sorry if it does not seem so obvious to everybody ... what I am asking is if there is a published amount of bitcoins traded OTC, and where is that data published?