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RE: Market Wrap: Bitcoin, Steem and Ether all up, guy trolls Yellen with "Buy Bitcoin" sign and no link between wind energy and high power prices
You're a boss mate. Upvoted and resteemed as always.
A few of us were talking about Bitcoin not being accepted by retailers or wanting to be used day to day by holders. Few points from the discussion were that in Japan Bitcoin acceptance is growing at an excellent rate and that non retail adoption at this stage isn't necessarily a negative. It's still so early in the lifecycle of Bitcoin and if it's still seen as an investment rather than a currency to spend, then so be it.
Question though... How does this post have only 18 views, but 28 upvotes haha?
Yeah I agree with the article in that sense: I don't think BTCUSD is actually a great currency. I think it is great for doing international transfers and as a speculative vehicle though. Having said that, that there are way more than three companies online that accept bitcoin. I gather they meant large online retailers, but the article didn't specify that at all.
Edit: I try not to source from ZH as they have no qualms plain making stuff up ... but Subway, Wordpress, Microsoft, Virgin, Expedia, Dell as of May http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-05-28/who-accepts-bitcoins-payment-list-companies-stores-shops ... plus I know Steam the world's biggest game retailer accepts which suggests that ZH list is far from exhaustive, even on big names
Re votes/views - I have quite a few people/bots who autovote my posts - each post is guaranteed $2 or so ATM XD