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Bitcoin: Does it have a future ?
mlennyma
#81 Posted : Wednesday, December 16, 2015 10:02:19 AM
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KenyanEconomist wrote:
I'm very skeptical about Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. Has anyone in this forum actually used Bitcoin in a transaction?

to me what matters most is not what the central bank says but how the whole world views it,if the world embraces it you either follow suit or become irrelevant and analog.
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Othelo
#82 Posted : Wednesday, December 16, 2015 10:13:08 AM
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mlennyma wrote:
KenyanEconomist wrote:
I'm very skeptical about Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. Has anyone in this forum actually used Bitcoin in a transaction?

to me what matters most is not what the central bank says but how the whole world views it,if the world embraces it you either follow suit or become irrelevant and analog.

The mpesa story in Kenya is a classic example!!!
Formal education will make you a living. Self-education will make you a fortune - Jim Rohn.
Cornelius Vanderbilt
#83 Posted : Wednesday, December 16, 2015 10:21:11 AM
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how exactly do you price your goods/services in bitcoin. the only way to do this is to maybe dynamically changing your pricing as the bitcoin value rises and fall.i think this currency is too volatile for any use as a medium of exchange. but its good for trading like any other currency.below is a monthly chart of bitcoin price. good luck with those swings.Imagine if KES shilling was swinging like that , lol.This is what you get for a wild wild west type of currency




popat
#84 Posted : Wednesday, December 16, 2015 10:53:40 AM
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Cornelius Vanderbilt wrote:
how exactly do you price your goods/services in bitcoin. the only way to do this is to maybe dynamically changing your pricing as the bitcoin value rises and fall.i think this currency is too volatile for any use as a medium of exchange. but its good for trading like any other currency.below is a monthly chart of bitcoin price. good luck with those swings.Imagine if KES shilling was swinging like that , lol.This is what you get for a wild wild west type of currency





To me huu ni moto wa kuotea mbari.I guess if i can make money within the realm of the known i have no business risking venturing into uncharted frontiers.Naogopa kujifishiwo.
Othelo
#85 Posted : Wednesday, December 16, 2015 11:09:36 AM
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popat wrote:
Cornelius Vanderbilt wrote:
how exactly do you price your goods/services in bitcoin. the only way to do this is to maybe dynamically changing your pricing as the bitcoin value rises and fall.i think this currency is too volatile for any use as a medium of exchange. but its good for trading like any other currency.below is a monthly chart of bitcoin price. good luck with those swings.Imagine if KES shilling was swinging like that , lol.This is what you get for a wild wild west type of currency





To me huu ni moto wa kuotea mbari.I guess if i can make money within the realm of the known i have no business risking venturing into uncharted frontiers.Naogopa kujifishiwo.

#laggards we are many........... Lets us wait!!!!!
Formal education will make you a living. Self-education will make you a fortune - Jim Rohn.
mic_mic
#86 Posted : Wednesday, December 16, 2015 11:25:24 AM
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Cornelius Vanderbilt wrote:
how exactly do you price your goods/services in bitcoin. the only way to do this is to maybe dynamically changing your pricing as the bitcoin value rises and fall.i think this currency is too volatile for any use as a medium of exchange. but its good for trading like any other currency.below is a monthly chart of bitcoin price. good luck with those swings.Imagine if KES shilling was swinging like that , lol.This is what you get for a wild wild west type of currency






Well, there are futures contracts for that now.
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Museveni
#87 Posted : Wednesday, December 16, 2015 11:49:06 AM
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popat wrote:
Cornelius Vanderbilt wrote:
how exactly do you price your goods/services in bitcoin. the only way to do this is to maybe dynamically changing your pricing as the bitcoin value rises and fall.i think this currency is too volatile for any use as a medium of exchange. but its good for trading like any other currency.below is a monthly chart of bitcoin price. good luck with those swings.Imagine if KES shilling was swinging like that , lol.This is what you get for a wild wild west type of currency





To me huu ni moto wa kuotea mbari.I guess if i can make money within the realm of the known i have no business risking venturing into uncharted frontiers.Naogopa kujifishiwo.

LOL

This fear of the unkwown won't make you wealthy. You risk, you learn.

Now if Kenya were to be among the countries taking this seriously instead of a blanket ban by people in their desks with little knowledge (and appreciation) of the tech behind bitcoin. That would be truly ground breaking.

As for the volatility, have a look at each stock in NSE from 2010 too and compare.

E.G .

- KQ was trading at 45.00 now at 4.60 [395 million units traded within the period]

- Mumias was at 9.75 now at 1.60 [1.5 billion units traded within the period]

- Safaricom was trading at 4.70 now at 16.20 [16 billion units traded within the period]

- Unga was trading at 11.00 now at 35 [23 million units traded within the period]

And we are in a bear market!

Risk<~>Gain

Live and learn; and don’t forget, nothing ventured, nothing gained.
mic_mic
#88 Posted : Wednesday, December 16, 2015 7:32:16 PM
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ICT Cabinet Secretary Nominee Joe Mucheru @mucheru endorsed bitcoins, likely owns some - see tweet from Feb 14

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Ash Ock
#89 Posted : Thursday, December 17, 2015 12:53:59 AM
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mic_mic wrote:
ICT Cabinet Secretary Nominee Joe Mucheru @mucheru endorsed bitcoins, likely owns some - see tweet from Feb 14


Err....



Quote:
Team BitPesa watching the confirmation hearings for Joe Mucheru, current Board member and soon-to-be Cabinet Minister for ICT.


https://www.bitpesa.co/blog/bitpesa-v-safaricom/
Sent from my Black Nokia 3310
mic_mic
#90 Posted : Thursday, December 17, 2015 10:35:02 AM
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BitPesa press release in the paper "we'll continue to operate from Kenya, We are licensed by UK Financial Conduct Authority"


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