Seems like a well-made platform. Read your whitepaper as well. Now people just need to use it. (Easier said than done)

There is a lot of skepticism online, but grass-roots word-of-mouth remains king.

Think of Craigslist's early beginnings. Craig Newmark was just sharing emails of cool things happening in San Francisco. Started with arts and technology events and moved onto jobs and things for sale.

Signed up for your email list on https://virieprojectblog.com/. Might be a good idea to send email alerts of things available for sale at the beginning!

Up until this point, we've been mostly deceived by banks and corporations in order to believe in what they say and keep them in power.

Was watching the Thanksgiving day parade as a foreigner and the amount of pharmaceutical propaganda in the endless commercials is ridiculous! I believe this will change once the infrastructure for media, businesses and everything else becomes decentralized and judged on their accuracy through truth scales.

Also, we have needed to put on metaphorical masks when we interact with other people to save face in society, to which extent we do this is dependent on the cultures in which we live.

In an age of decentralization, globalization, blockchain and digitization (avatars on internet platforms, etc.), I feel as though we are entering an age of truth and disillusion from all angles.

People can say whatever they want and feel because they are now interacting with the rest of the world through the internet. Transactions can now be anonymous and secure because business dealings no longer require banks, ID's or middlemen.

"Give a man a mask and he will tell you the truth."

-Oscar Wilde

Thoughts?

How would the crypto arena be different if everyone knew who Satoshi was?

Not surprising coming from Germany. Efficiency is their religion and blockchain transactions for everyday life just makes sense.

Another advancement that will associate crypto use with institutional investors/banking and subsequently help let the general public's arms down.

I'd rather see a stable market. Right now it's only seen as an investment rather than a currency, and I don't think it's benefiting mankind as much as it could under these circumstances. It would actually create a more democratized world if more people use it.

Considering the obvious trend of digital value replacing physical value and government restrictions on data localization actually hampering countries' gdp growth, I think this is inevitable.
https://www.ft.com/video/b17bba5b-5c79-4534-b81d-24c2eb95d1b4

VR has enormous potential, but it won't achieve mass acceptance until everyone can earn and save money with it, which has started happening.

Wal-mart, for example, saved money and time by training their employees in VR. https://blog.walmart.com/innovation/20180920/how-vr-is-transforming-the-way-we-train-associates

The only thing you can be certain of is that nothing is certain. Bitcoin is not a scam and people have made money with it, but it also has a variety of flaws that prevent it from achieving universal acceptance atm, the most apparent being lack of practicality (few businesses accept it), and insecurity (exchanges can be hacked and keys can be lost- no one guarantees your money). Once these two problems are figured out the new world cryptocurrency will have been established.

https://www.coindesk.com/new-bank-of-america-patent-hints-at-plan-to-store-cryptocurrency-keys/

"Bank of America was awarded a patent for a device that stores cryptographic keys and the document's details hint at applications for cryptocurrencies.

In a patent awarded Tuesday by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, the bank outlines a "hardened storage device" for storing private keys – such as those used for blockchain platforms – explaining that, at present, most keys are stored locally protected by nothing more than a password."

Would this make banks responsible for uncontrollable losses? This will be great for adoption and hints at a future where banks essentially regulate smooth digital transactions and keep them secure.

I would have to agree..I think people also see voting a lot like choosing between lesser evils.

Also, despite the winner of an election, it is still supply and demand that decides most political decisions. Every country is fighting for its piece of the world's pie, unless it  has a significant amount of valuable resources.

This is why there is no "better" politician and we are slowly being given the liberty to opt out of a country's system thanks to things like the internet.

My thoughts exactly.. but risk is the name of the game from both sides. Even getting to that point sometimes takes millions of dollars in personal investment on behalf of the developer. The only accurate way to gauge the success is by evaluating the whitepaper, figuring out what differentiates their product from something else and whether or not that means anything, and how they're going to implement.

In the end we're responsible for our own shortcomings and need to be master-assessors to be master-investors. The digital realm is currently the wild-west but it'll eventually become civilized and even become the new norm. There is however, only one gold rush.

I really think we're heading towards a one-world currency. Nearly all major international banks are ingraining blockchain tech and cryptocurrencies into their business models, including globalist foundation banks like Goldman Sachs, which refer to it as the "new technology of trust."

This would be a great idea.. an AI service that would essentially give you the best possible investment portfolio while taking all variables into consideration. I still don't think a refund system would be possible but if this were ever created, its value would be unparalleled.

In any case, machine learning will definitely change the investment landscape..

https://www.jpmorgan.com/global/cib/research/investment-decisions-using-machine-learning-ai

The problem is that there are still many things beyond users' control. Exchanges are currently required to use cryptocurrency, and they can be shut down by governments or hacked.

I agree that BTC wasn't created to be one global currency, but all trends seem to suggest that this is where we're headed. I don't think it will be bitcoin, but I do think it will be an altcoin that fixes the fundamental flaws.

They capitalize on sensationalist, negative news because that's the only thing that gets people's attention. People are more easily manipulated when they're fearful.

If the media and politicians preached the truth, the public would definitely be against all wars and maybe even consumerism. We don't need that much to be happy, but consumerist ads pay for the media, war finances America, and the wheels on the bus go round and round.

People who do what society says only make the people who run society happy. People are very good at doing what they're told, and bad at listening to their own desires if they go against the status quo, which is why there are opioid crises and so many people who resemble the walking dead.

If people knew how much power and control they really had over their own reality, they would be a threat to the continuation of such a profitable economic model. Good to see that someone out there is dangerous.

The personal data of 9.4m Cathay Pacific passengers has been stolen in a cyber attack on the Hong Kong airline.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2018/10/24/cathay-pacific-says-data-94-million-passengers-stolen-hack/


Maybe instances such as this will wake people up to the tangible benefits of using Bitcoin, blockchain and cryptocurrency-not being as vulnerable in an age of unbeknownst vulnerability.

It's been 9 years. This is nothing. Think how long it took for the first known currency to be useful and ingrained into people's everyday life (created in 600 B.C. in Lydia, now Turkey), and for the concept to catch on in the rest of the world/be universally accepted.

Times have changed but the principles of what makes an accepted currency hasn't. It has to be useful and hold consistent value, which will be inevitable as every aspect of the modern world becomes virtual, including the economy.                                                        

After reading crypto blogs, books, user experiences, and this forum over the last few months, I've come to the conclusion that Bitcoin will not become the universally accepted global currency.

It doesn't have many applications apart from storing value and it's not user-friendly.

It's not all BTC's fault. The current economic model doesn't support its widespread use because we're still dependent on centralized institutions for infrastructure.

Kind of a chicken or the egg? type question. What comes first? Decentralization or one universal cryptocurrency?

With seemingly unlimited ICO releases, (https://ethereumworldnews.com/ico-volume-double-2018/) which qualities will the be-all and end-all coin have? And which economic circumstances will facilitate its success?

Never would've thought of it this way. What about digital land?

https://decentraland.org/

Decentralized virtual worlds could be one option to support growing populations..