Quote from: herzmeister on April 24, 2012, 10:59:17 PM

Quote from: ShadowOfHarbringer on April 20, 2012, 05:29:15 PM

so why so many people are still using MtGox ?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_effect
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_monopoly

I am aware of the network effect.
My question was rather rethorical.

What I am actually asking is: "what have we done do diminish MtGox influence ?".
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Quote from: Dutch Merganser on April 25, 2012, 06:17:32 AM

Quote from: ShadowOfHarbringer on April 20, 2012, 05:29:15 PM

It is quite obvious that in (maximum) few years some of world's Governments are going to start perceiving Bitcoin as a threat.
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Government will try to stop Bitcoin, that is only a matter of time. We kind of already know that is going to happen since the beginnings, so why so many people are still using MtGox ?

Bitcoin is no threat to anything other than itself, and that damage is so extensive at this point I doubt it will ever be a successful above ground payment system. It has perhaps been a useful prototype for the payment system(s) that will instantly dwarf it there is actually a market for such things.

There is a bitcoin "underground economy" that is likely to persist amongst aficionados. For that matter I think you can still actually do things with Linden dollars ( Second Life ), but if you think bitcoin isn't fully surrounded and contained, I can only say sorry you got to the party so late.

You are actually trying to start discussion about whether Bitcoin is/will be successful and whether it is a good currency.

But this is a matter for another discussion.