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i love this this is just another reason why bitcoin will not work 5 years later; several orders of magnitude later, so many arbitrary "milestones" met (p
by eof 13y ago
i love this
this is just another reason why bitcoin will not work
5 years later; several orders of magnitude later, so many arbitrary "milestones" met (parity with dollar, can i buy airplane tickets with it?, well we'll see when the government recognizes it)
when do you decide that bitcoin 'works'? i mean; it is absolutely undeniable 100% certainly no-matter-what-you-say currently working RIGHT NOW; the mental dissonance around bitcoin naysayers is becoming hilarious
- mariusz79 13y agoSize of the current bitcoin economy is "just" $8bln. While it sound like a lot of money, comparing to the rest of the economy it does not even qualify as a pocket change.
- termain 13y agoSo it's definitely worked well enough to create an 8 billion dollar economy?
- throwaway1979 13y agoI was a naysayer until recently. After the senate hearing, I ate crow. Too late to profit at this point though :(
- localhorse 13y agoI'm not sure that's true.
- throwaway1979 13y agoWhat is your price target, if I may ask?
- pazimzadeh 13y ago7,000 USD within five years.
- BrokenPipe 13y agoMore likely to be within 2014 at this velocity and no reason to think it won't be S curve adopted.
- localhorse 13y agoI'm not sure that's true.
- hnha 13y agoone that could turn into a 8 million thing in a day when the speculators stumble and the bubble bursts.
- johnyzee 13y agoIt is larger than more than half of the world's currencies: http://coinometrics.com/bitcoin/bmix http://coinometrics.com/bitcoin/bmix
- mrb 13y ago"can i buy airplane tickets with it?, well we'll see when the government recognizes it" Yes, you can! An air travel agency announced today they started accepting bitcoin (cheapair.com): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6784265 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6784265