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Why should I buy bitcoins? (self.Bitcoin)

leighbwa が 投稿

So I'm a 21 year old guy from the UK. Like most people similar to me, I have a debit card and a credit card which I find very simple to use for my day-to-day purchases. Considering that I'm not charged anything for making a purchase on my debit card when i'm in the UK, and I'm not particularly bothered by the risk of inflation, what incentives are there for me to start using bitcoin?

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[–]cbeast 4ポイント5ポイント  (0子コメント)

Ask an old person how many chances they missed out on when a fundamentally new tech came along and they didn't have any stake in it. You won't see things like this come along more than a few times in your life.

[–]usrn 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

To liberate yourself from the cancer of fiat money.

[–]ujka 1ポイント2ポイント  (3子コメント)

Aren't you curious even a little to see and try how this new tech is working?

[–]leighbwa[S] 1ポイント2ポイント  (2子コメント)

Well sure I'm curious! That's why I have actually got about 80p worth of bitcoin on my mobile wallet already! But I'm struggling to see why i should go to the effort of transferring my sterling into bitcoin to use daily?

[–]Dosage_Of_Reality 3ポイント4ポイント  (0子コメント)

Right now it's mostly to support the system and the technology. We need users who adopt it for no reason other than they believe this type of technology needs to exist... If enough do that, it'll expand into its full potential of a widely used economy.

[–]ujka 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

If you're comfortable with your cards, then no need for bitcoin for you.

[–]BitcoinCollege 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

Your credit card is a gateway to laziness, trouble and slavery of debts. It's a trap and anything out there is the bait. Millions and millions of people are feeding the bankers of CC.

Bitcoin is your gateway to science, ownership and a growing community of highly creative engineers, entrepreneurs, artists who are changing the world for the better.

[–]1K2bCjh1aHtCekXzJGun 2ポイント3ポイント  (3子コメント)

Maybe you want to buy some porn without it showing on your statement?

[–]sandalias123145 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

to pay for dating sites about fetishes without your wife finding out XD ?

[–]Shinjukoo 0ポイント1ポイント  (1子コメント)

who the fuck pays for porn?

[–]BitcoinCollege 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

Don't you make your own porn movies?

[–]jrm2007 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Buy it to invest and to learn about it. Most people who will use it for casual purchases will be those who receive it in the course of their business and at this point probably most of them will convert to fiat rather than search for BTC-accepting businesses.

[–]cybersasho 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

To make money and be part of something revolutionary

[–]pb1x 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Why do you call it risk of inflation? Inflation is the point of fiat, it's not a risk. If you have 20k pounds in the bank even given a low rate of 2% inflation, you are paying 30 pounds a month to inflation. For that amount you could make 30 transactions per day in Bitcoin.

I'd recommend just trying out Bitcoin and seeing what it's about. Then you can decide for yourself if you want it or not. You wouldn't be able to replace your debit card or credit card with it anyway, so I wouldn't think about it that way.

I don't know if you care about this or not, but UK bankers in the financial crisis were abusing the special privileges given to them by the government for their personal profit. Even after the crisis, bankers continually abuse their privilege, for example the Libor rate fixing scandal.

Bitcoin is not the end all solution to those problems but it's a vote in the other direction, that the current guardians of the financial systems need to be reformed and replaced.

[–]investor2020 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Bitcoin is a highly speculative asset and it's volatility is extreme. Be cautious and only invest what you can afford to lose.

[–]its_bitney_bitch 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Just get involved because it's fun and interesting. If it doesn't interest you then there's probably not much point besides speculating on the price. I couldn't live without bitcoin because I love to use it all the time. Just today I donated to site, and paid for coffee with foldapp.

[–]btchombre 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Bitcoin is best for international internet transactions, micro transactions (tipping), anonymous transactions (black markets), transactions that dont reveal personal information, transactions that don't involve banks in any way (fees), transactions where there is little or no trust between transactees (Nigerian Prince), or simply a very simple way for an automated systems to send value to random a internet user without knowing anything at all about that user apart from their Bitcoin address.

There is also the benefit that Bitcoin cannot be deflated away by central banks. It cannot be frozen or controlled by politicians, and it is proving to be a good hedge against financial ruin caused by the absurdities of the modern financial system. Seems to me like a damn good thing to have in your portfolio.