Quote from: Mervyn_Pumpkinhead on June 19, 2014, 03:39:37 PM

Quote from: maok on June 19, 2014, 03:08:57 PM

Quote from: Mervyn_Pumpkinhead on June 19, 2014, 02:57:47 PM

Now it's the last desperate hope for all the cab drivers and grocery clerks... Bitcoin is not about organic development of technology, not any more.

Wow, Im pretty sure that anywhere in the world you go and ask a cab driver what bitcoin is, they never heard of it.

As for development of technology, bitcoin is barely scratching the surface, there are more developers working on bitcoin related software, hardware, than there are in most technological fields at the moment. Imagine 1-2 years from now, when all those MIT and other universities students graduate what will they come up with. Altcoins brought nothing new to the table, Bitcoin was about decentralization of money and is the main cord that keeps all the altcoins alive. If I'll lose faith in Bitcoin I'll lose faith in decentralized money meaning in all crypto currencies.

About 4 months ago, a cab driver told me about bitcoin and how it will tear down banks.
Bitcoin is currently also hot in certain circles, where people meet each other by visiting the same motivational self-help classes.

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there are more developers working on bitcoin related software, hardware, than there are in most technological fields

Exaggeration like that always crack me up. You are not even just talking about the open source scenery, but about most technological fields! Haha..
Bitcoin's development is slow and one of the reasons for it is that it's core is flawed. If you can't fix the core flaws, then there isn't much road ahead.
Altcoins are the improvements of bitcoin, the new and better models that face the flaws that bitcoin has shown through experience. Fools like to see bitcoin as flawless, just like religious zealots find The Bible flawless. Just like religious zealots, they can't see that when the core is rotten, then no matter how much you try to decorate the exterior, the core still remains rotten.

Pumpkin head I do wonder why you bother trolling a bitcoin forum about altcoins.

You come across as a very negative elitist fool with that comment about taxi drivers and clerks. Hilarious really that you can be so wide of the mark whilst trying to sound superior. Or have I missed the numerous giant silicon valley firms integrating altcoins as payment in the last six months?