I like bitcoin as a currency, but I'm not really fond of the people viewing it as an investment opportunity. I bought a server in bitcoin from Tiger Direct. Other than the fact that the motherboard arrived dead, it was a smooth transaction.
Yeah, I see where you're coming from. A currency's stability trends with the number of transactions, so me just sitting on 2 bitcoins for the rest of my life doesn't really help anybody out. The longer I hold onto these bitcoins, the more difficult it will be for me to not use them, provided that it gains increasingly widespread acceptance, and especially when it becomes more and more convenient. Amazon has already incentivized BTC, but I consider them the Wal-Mart of the internet and generally try to avoid doing business there. (first clause of statement was revealed to be false) I hate to say it, but I do view this primarily as an investment opportunity for the time being. Maybe I'll just make small transactions in an effort to bolster the currency, but I'd imagine that larger transactions promote greater stability than smaller ones. Now I kinda feel bad. You can hate me, Aeiri, but if I'm a millionaire in my 30's, I won't regret this.
I never said I hated you, I don't know you well enough to hate you. I'm just saying that everyone is seeing it as an investment opportunity and not as the currency solution that it really is. The fact that everyone is acting this way is a hinderance to actual currency adoption, which is my personal dream for bitcoin. If everyone just sits on it, is it going to actually be worth anything? I always go back to thinking along the lines of Executive Order 6102. But whatever... To the moon! PS: Amazon has incentivized Bitcoin? When? Where? I wasn't aware they even accepted it. You can buy Amazon gift cards from external parties with Bitcoin but it doesn't directly accept it to my knowledge.
Those are all legitimate concerns. Apologies, I have flubbed my facts. Your understanding is more or less spot on. Some sleuthing tells me that there was once talk of Amazon fully adopting it, but they nixed the idea shortly after it was discussed in the public sphere.PS: Amazon has incentivized Bitcoin? When? Where? I wasn't aware they even accepted it. You can buy Amazon gift cards from external parties with Bitcoin but it doesn't directly accept it to my knowledge.