Quote from: capoeira on November 03, 2014, 10:36:02 PM

Quote from: practicaldreamer on November 03, 2014, 10:29:09 PM

Quote from: capoeira on November 03, 2014, 10:25:21 PM

Quote from: TheButterZone on November 03, 2014, 09:31:13 PM

As long as BTC keeps going down relative to fiat, then you need to spend BTC the instant you get it.

you don't have to spend the BTC. you can also "lock" the price (hedging) with futures

Could you explain that to my Grandma please ? She is called Jo (Joanna) - and is very average.

Grandma isn't even able to learn to buy BTC....that's the big problem of BTC...and daddy doesn't want to, even if he could learn it, because there is no "oficial protection"

This is something which is holding it back.

But, This is why a lot of companies need to offer a discount when paying with Bitcoin to give an incentive for buying BTC & spending straight away it would have to be a worthwhile discount though.