Mass Adoption for Crypto. A Few Thoughts of What's Standing in the Way of Freedom and Liberty. And What to Do About It. by barrydutton

eos · @barrydutton · May 19 '18 (edited)

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Mass Adoption for Crypto. A Few Thoughts of What's Standing in the Way of Freedom and Liberty. And What to Do About It.

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Banks are going to continue to try to shut us down.

It is what they and governments do. They literally stand in the way of REAL Freedom and Liberty.

The key here for us is to promote the real use cases of our digital currencies. While the tech and infrastructures are important, we need to get more people on board.

They go hand in hand.

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*Many of us in this peaceful revolution against the government and banking tyranny are not trying to change the (corrupt) system -- it is to build and work with a new system parallel to it.*

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The more this happens, the quicker things will happen overall.

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People like you and I need to ask and encourage our service providers i.e. our masseuses, barbers, restaurants, waiters/waitresses, bartenders etc.

> " Can I pay in crypto? "

We need mass adoption. That comes by way of step by step adoption.

- Mass adoption is years away. Infrastructure, utility applications, easy interfaces, atomic swaps, instant transfers, low transaction fees and a new generation of young people growing up with crypto currencies as a standard transaction tool will lead towards mass adoption.

![](https://steemitimages.com/DQmTWxQw3xrmRPhDvJjqwfEyGtGN1jYEc1kpjAFA8ooafTJ/image.png)

Now is the time to accumulate and HODL.

Most people are not traders.

-- Be patient. Cryptos day will come friends!

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Thanks for Reading.

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@hashcash · May 14 '18

Full adoption will be a slow and tedious process.
In the meanwhile, since I am not able to pay in crypto, I plan to start taking payment in crypto's wherever possible. I have this little idea - To take exchange rates, transfer charges, tax and include it into the fee. I am not sure it'll work but I plan to try it :-)

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@gigpen · May 14 '18

Wow, those are powerful fact packed words. It is true the crypto day is approaching and many use cases have  been unveiled and the entire blockchain concept is becoming real. Am joining you to make my friends crypto-aware.

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@almoon97 · May 14 '18

dear sir @barrydutton , thank you at the outset, for posting so beautiful in bitcoin,
In fact, Bitcoin's current market price has dropped a lot
Many of us know about Bitcoin, but the idea that Bertakayana has to be based on is not something we have in common. Not everyone is in the middle. We all do not know what is actually Bitcoin or how to invest it, we can get it. These ideas are not among many of us. Should give the correct idea,

## All of us should be doing more like this with Bitcoin,
Because many of them will benefit from many of them presenting the correct ideas about Bitcoin,
# *Your post was very good about Bitcoin*
Thank you so much for a post,
Be nice and post in the future with such beautiful Bitcoin,
Pray for you.

👎 themonetaryfew

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@redrosee · May 14 '18

Great article. It's worth remembering that these are early days in digital currency still. Bitcoin's marketcap is like a speck of sand on the beach of global finance, so it would be ridiculous to just hand it the title of digital cash.

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@lancine · May 14 '18

Early days, I agree but $149,653,271,778 is not a speck of sand on the beach. 
It is more like a very thin slice of a huge pie... Or a big chunk of ice from the tip of an iceberg. :)

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@barrydutton · May 14 '18

That's only the BTC (core) market cap...... not the total market which today is double that.

And we know  it was  $830B at Christmas and no need to talk about that LOL

👍 lancine

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@zoidsoft · May 14 '18 (edited)

I own a software business and started accepting various crypto's for payment last August.  Contemplating the day when I no longer accept USD.

👍 barrydutton

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@barrydutton · May 14 '18

$0.14

Great news man!!!!!

We are early days but they can still be good days!

That sounds like a good quote.  I will re use that one LOL

👍 zoidsoft

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@barrydutton · May 14 '18

https://twitter.com/BarryDutton/status/996139464853458945

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