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Do you know how few people on HN even own any cryptocurrency? It's likely close to 1-2%. It's been like that for the past 5 years.

• rosser 9y ago
  Really? You have accurate enough information about the prevalence of holding cryptocoins on HN to throw around numbers?
• ryanx435 9y ago
  Major movie theaters and other retail stores in Phoenix, Arizona, accept bitcoin. It may not be 100% mainstream yet, but crypticurrency is going to explode in a big way
  • gst 9y ago
    As a customer, why would I want to use Bitcoin (instead of, e.g., a credit card) at a movie theater (or at any other type of shop)?
    • mythrwy 9y ago
      For the of the thrill of not knowing how much actual spending power you have from one day to the next?
      • Top19 9y ago
        I can't say whether you're right or not, but your comment caused me to laugh out loudly enough that people at Starbucks looked over at me. Thank you.
      • bbcbasic 9y ago
        Forgo a pizza a few years ago and end up with $20MM
• mabbo 9y ago
  While I do agree that crypto-currencies might be a bit overblown, if you're right at 2% if HN readers having them, I'm actually more inclined to believe the OP is right. That's a lot of people. To me though, the only thing crypto-currencies currently are good for is buying illegal drugs on the internet. There just isn't any reason to use them over regular money the rest of the time.