Before BTC existed the best way to pay for stuff online or send money overseas was Paypal.
Of course they are still big and exist but users had loads of issues with them - mostly Paypal can freeze your money easily or let people chargeback you as a seller and you cant do much.
Other than that.. Paypal has big fees. So BTC in earlier days was pretty much a paypal alternative for many.
Today Bitcoin finally beat Paypal im MarketCap.
So maybe BTC will be one of top online payment processors now.
Paypal Stats
Those are old but they do show where we are going here .
Bitcoin Markets
Notice 4200 was passed. All Stoners are happy but not only them ;)
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The number of transactions per 24 hours remains low on bitcoin, and of course the fees are horrendous. My prediction is that bitcoin is going to remain purely a store of value, like gold, and it will be an alt that behaves like a currency.
In the UK only one person I know has actually heard of Bitcoin and the others who haven't I've tried to educate them on the subject. I then realise I need to be educated further on the subject myself to stop the head hurt. I feel the spread of Bitcoin has been through word of mouth and has grown organically, imagine if it was marketed like PayPal or some of the other financial institutions.
I should point out that Word of Mouth and referrals is what helped PayPal get 7 to 10% daily growth during the early days of Paypal.
In Elon Musk's own words "Yeah. Well, we started off first by offering people $20 if they opened an account. And $20 if they referred anyone. And then we dropped it to $10. And we dropped it to $5. As the network got bigger and bigger, the value of the network itself exceeded any sort of carrot that we could offer."
I think cryptocurrencies also should follow a similar strategy until they get enough visibility and adoption. We can't say this for Bitcoin and Ether likes. But at-least the new coins which are failing due to lack of marketing and their anonymity could try this.
Not to forget that for some time it was mandatory for traders on Ebay to offer Paypal as a payment option. Paypal wouldn't be where it's at, if a behemoth like Ebay had not thrown its weight into the scale.
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Bitcoin crossing the Market Cap of PayPal is indeed a major milestone. The next mile stone should be to make using Bitcoin as easy as Paypal :P
McAfee made a prediction of 50k USD for Bitcoin, here are my reasons why it may not be far fetched.
Wow! I thought Paypal would be worth more than $70bil. Amazing that one will be worth millions in 5 years, while one could be completely worthless.
Hate to be the party pooper but we have a long way to go before bitcoin matches the level of adoption that Paypal enjoys. Regardless, yeey Bitcoin!
Of course we've got a long way to go, but we are moving forward and we are moving fast. Seen the CNBC crpyto portfolio news? It was hilarious!
The stupid guy suggesting we should invest in equal parts of ETC and ETH? Oh yeah! That was unbearable. Hahaha
I think we'll get there. Paypal is actually unknown in China. The chinese use Alipay & Wechat
But Bitcoin here is famous because it do what Alipay & Wechat can not. It is used here in China and abroad
I've heard that most amount of bitcoin is in China.
I used WeChat when worked in China. and its quite good and multi-functional!
Yes, Wechat & Alipay is the future when you can pay everything with your phone. I can now go out without my wallet. But I would never leave home without my phone because it does everything
I got into bitcoin because Paypal charges a lot just to transfer money from China to Singapore
I agree, and it should be blockchain based type of Wechat and Alipay that we should be using. Transparent, decentralized and accountable.
Yes , I jsut fear the Chinese government control of Wechat & Alipay. But making it blockchain based will make it transparent, decentralized and accountable.
I think we ll get there not so long time. Unless paypal adopt bitcoin in any way.
I'm hoping we really do and soon.
got a good point
I agree, its headed that direction, maybe after segwit is all locked in and fees as well as wait times decrease.
I love these milestones, but I'll rejoice once 1 BTC = 1 Lamborghini. Right now, we're sitting at .01 BTC/Lamborghini.
I am going to be a party hyper!... just look at daily volume... makes me laugh!
PayPal - $1.1 Billion in 3 months (2015)!
Bitcoin in 2017 does >$2 Billion Daily!
The time is here!
Next stop bigger then wells fargo? Oh wait we already passed them too...
Paypal is known for giving people, that want to use it to buy crypto, a hard time. Eat that paypal ;) tip!
As a long time seller on eBay, i must say, PEASE OUT PAYPAL!!! Bwhaha!
It was only a matter of time until Bitcoin surpassed Paypay in Market Cap, but in real life Bitcoin and other crypto currencies will actually replace dinosaur technologies like Paypal with quicker, cheaper and more reliable blockchain based crypto currencies.
Definitely!
We all are looking for comfortable ans easy transactions!
I cant wait to stop using paypal
I still use paypal but I hate this service as its just so much in fees it just makes me sick
That is awesome! I hope it will keep rising!
4200 ? 4360 US$ baby !!! Lets go to the moon :-) I Love it.
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Yay!! I am so happy to hear that Today Bitcoin finally beat Paypal in MarketCap; it will be one of top online payment processors. Thanks for sharing!
Today can rightly enter the history of "digital gold"! Come to mommy
This is one of the most important things about BTC that nobody seems to be talking about. PayPal would be bankrupt in no more than a couple of years in may opinion, and this may bring an amazing boost to bitcoin, making it an even more common currency. It also may help in the facilities of exchange it into cash, if thats what you are trying to do, at a higher level it could even make us care less about having cash money, because it will be more accepted in a daily basis use.
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This is one step closer to main stream. Not long before Amazon embraces CRYPTO.
One of the coolest articles I've read. I like the comparison of market cap between BTC & PP.
Great write up and now Bitcoin has just hit $4435.35.
It will hit $5000 by the end of this year, for sure.
By the end of this month :-)
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Lots of pros. are saying it will go up about another $500, then back down hard, into the low 2000s
Super Cool! Go Bitcoin Go! :)
Once OmiseGO puts out their product that converts fiat to crypto and back, and TENX starts gaining steam, PayPal is going to be hurting...
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Paypal became an old fashion. Bitcoin and blockchain gonna reinvent a brand new world. "There a people who made history and there are the ones who change the history" there is bright future wating for us @kingscrown
When securitization on the blockchain becomes fully engrained that's when we will see the real explosion of value
I think a correction is due in Bitcoin now. Those who already have some - keep holding. As for others I don't believe its a good idea to buy now - I would wait? Lots of other options on the market out right now in the altcoin space that are undervalued.
What do you think ?
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We are going to reach the 5000 dollars announced by many expert before the end of 2017 ! And maybe more also...
Great article @kingscrown:
Bitcoin world is growing, and so is the cryptocurrency news and businesses all over the world are planning to also add Bitcoin as one of their payment methods. People will need to push themselves to start educating on Bitcoin if they haven't or have not yet started.
Bitcoin is soon going to hit the $10K mark with the way the crypto trading projections that are going day by day
#Cryptocurrency world- Keep Growing Daily....
Woow nice. i love Bitcoin :)
4451! YEAH!
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watch out Paypal
Bitcoin is on fire 🔥🔥 what do you expect , heat is going to be anymore . One milestone for bitcoin down , hopefully more to come before its fall
Bitcoin is out here making gains and flying high while Ethereum is struggling to stay above $300. I believe in you Ethereum! You can do it!
Thanks for sharing with us.
I have one quick question, do you think the BTC/crypto will replace most of the currency in the world?
bitcoin is so crazy , are people more crazy about it in the future ?
What's crazy is that every medium of exchange is intrinsically a ponzy scehme. This is just a better one
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Yes bcuz it continues and will continue to develop ;)
Bitcoin hits $4300 on bittrex, the future is bright.
good news for bitcoin
Yes great news!
Ok so now since its bigger than Paypal, Amazon needs to start accepting it. Right guys?
That would be huge for Bitcoin.
...proving it's a store of value and an efficient payment system too!
Paypal has 3% fee...
banks have fees...
lets see how it will change soon
I saw this earlier today... I knew it was close and when I finally saw it happened, I just grinned from ear to ear.... I do expect some sort of correction coming but I am at a loss as to when, however I have a feeling it will only find support then climb up again even higher :)
haha this was in my email this morning !
It was about to happen. Elon Musk doesent run paypal anymore.
Was it good when he did run it?
Yes! I was looking forward to this moment for few years already! In your face PayPal for all the accounts closed for Bitcoin trading!