Quote from: lokiju on April 10, 2013, 03:40 amYou hit that one out of the park, colorblack. I think it made $240 at 11 am. I'm a uneducated person, but I'm watching the price and it seems to have support. It goes down, people buy (according to bitcoinity.org/markets (**CLEARNET WARNING**) and the 24 hour volume seems to keep going up too. I think that that is good. You can't get around the fact that roughly 75% of BTC is 'hoarded'-speculation. I think it will be on stronger grounds with even more volume. I've made more than 3 times, $6000 from $2000 in less than 2 weeks. I may eat those words in a year (or 6 months, 3 months, 3 DAYS)I've got all my money in BTC.The only thing you're going to be eating 1 year from now is filet mignon my friend. That $6 is going to be about $50k by the end of THIS YEAR. Trust me on this. I've been saying it for ages, what's happening now is nothing. When the BIG MONEY funds are forced by investors (who are technically their bosses) to invest in BTC as a commodity, and when places such as Amazon/eBay etc start accepting BTC as currency, and when mainstream media starts talking about BTC daily (already happening) .. this thing is REALLY going to take off. Believe me, people arent going to gain their lost confidence in the dollar and euro and reverse their faith in BTC. Not happening at this point. Bitcoins are here to stay. And sure, there will be some hiccups at some point (nothing major.. but normal up/downs till they correct to a price) and then steadily/slowly gain value. Now here is the kicker. We are all thinking about what our BTC is/will be worth in dollars now/in the future. I say, fuck that! True, you can't buy gas or milk or pay bills with BTC just yet.. so we think in paper currencies that we are used to. But don't think of it that way. Once more and more merchants/places open up their goods/services to bitcoin, you might not even need to "cash out" to a dollar. You feel me? There will be a point where the guy that mowes your lawn wants to avoid western union fees, and who doesn't have a bank account, sends his hard earned money to his home country in BTC that you just instantly paid him. We're heading towards that kind of world. The Internet/Email/Social Media/Smartphones were all at some point part of the "geek fringe" until they became the norm, but they became the norm because the world adapts to and embraces technology that makes their life easier. BTC is no different then then email was 20 years ago. It WILL eventually become part of everyday life and the term "dollar" will be as weird to hear as it is to hear about "checks" now. Sure, people still write checks.. but cash/check card has made paper checks archane. Go ahead.. someone tell me I'm just a BTC chearleader...