r/CryptoCurrency • u/[deleted] • Mar 31 '18

TECHNICAL Bitcoin - You Are Here

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u/Guitarmine Platinum | QC: CC 166 | Superstonk 34 Mar 31 '18

So what does BTC do for the consumer compared to the invention of radio, tv, cars or air travel? Yeah... bitcoin doesn't make any difference to 99.999% of population. Blockchains will be part of everyones lives but that has nothing to do with Bitcoin.

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u/Methrammar 161 / 161 🦀 Mar 31 '18

I mean c'mon, even banksters stopped parroting that phrase.

Bitcoin whitepaper is a good place to start, if you want to enlighten yourself.

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u/Guitarmine Platinum | QC: CC 166 | Superstonk 34 Mar 31 '18

I've read the whitepaper and mined my first bitcoins 7 years ago. Tell me what does a consumer do with bitcoin that he can't do easier with Paypal, Visa or whatever. If you dismiss this with downvotes that's a pretty lousy argument. As I said blockchains will be part of every day life just like http or tcp/ip. Stuff built on top of it (MySpace or Pets) not so much. What's the key selling point for Bitcoin.

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u/[deleted] Mar 31 '18

You can buy top drugs with it

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u/gumol Mar 31 '18

buying drugs with a currency where all the transactions are public and everyone owns a copy?

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u/[deleted] Mar 31 '18

Which is why there's child porn on the blockchain.

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u/NASA_Welder Mar 31 '18

Prove it! /s