There's a consistent theme that I see popping up on here that I find rather fascinating, and that is the way that many posters perceive BTC.
What do I mean? People doing things with BTC that they'd never, ever dream of doing with their dollars - gambling as an 'investment', or gambling at all, pouring coins into bullshit investment schemes run by totally anonymous showers of shit, lending on here to shambolic morons, asking the question 'where do I get free coins?'
Considering how much of a pain up the arse it can be to obtain coins and keep them safe and their future potential, I find it bizarre that there's such an extreme disconnect. I would've thought it should be at the opposite end of the scale but that's clearly not the case for many.
Why do you think this attitude has developed and where do you stand yourself?
I think that because of bitcoins inherent volatility and promise of great wealth in a short period of time (or, more likely, poverty in the same amount of time), it attracts the gambling-type of crowd. People who buy bitcoin are doing because either A, they believe that bitcoin is the future and over a long enough period of time, they will become very valuable - or B, they want to make a lot of money really quickly. I think the majority of people buying bitcoin fall into the B category, and I think the type of people who fall into the B category are the type of people who you are talking about in the original post.
