I stand by my point that this has miles to go before it's for "regular people" and you kind of prove it in your response. Sure, if you had cash to put into bitcoin and hold for 4 years, you might have made more - but most "regular people" do not. The swings are far too wild to price anything in BTC (rather than peg it to another currency and convert it to BTC) so ultimately we're all still cashing out for dollars or pounds, and someone has to lose for that to happen. If you're an early adopter, or and insider, you know the perfect time to cash out and "buy the dip". 'Regular people' not so much.
My comment was not an attack on you, cryptocurrency, human-rights or anything else. I'm sure you've done very well from Bitcoin - but it's not ready for my mum.
I stand by my point that this has miles to go before it's for "regular people" and you kind of prove it in your response. Sure, if you had cash to put into bitcoin and hold for 4 years, you might have made more - but most "regular people" do not. The swings are far too wild to price anything in BTC (rather than peg it to another currency and convert it to BTC) so ultimately we're all still cashing out for dollars or pounds, and someone has to lose for that to happen. If you're an early adopter, or and insider, you know the perfect time to cash out and "buy the dip". 'Regular people' not so much.
My comment was not an attack on you, cryptocurrency, human-rights or anything else. I'm sure you've done very well from Bitcoin - but it's not ready for my mum.