Crypto: will the bitcoin dream succeed?

Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies set out to upend the financial order and replace conventional money. Bitcoin has certainly disrupted the global financial system, but can it ever live up to the hype?

[sashghot]

I wanna see this same video in 10 years

[MagnetoJones]

If you live in a stable democracy with a stable financial system, Bitcoin might seem foolish and unnecessary. But for the billions of people who live under authoritarian regimes or don’t have access to global financial markets, it will be life changing.

[dario]

Whats funny is that cash is used way more often to do illegal activities than cryptos, but I don't see anyone criticizing cash.

[cuh]

Christmas lights use more energy than Bitcoin

[manthanpatel]

Economist : Experts says this about bitcoin...
Also Economist : let's put only one person in experts from our own team

[cloudsoil]

Is volatile becuse is a 12 year old asset only.
That is easy to accept when the move is 200% per year.

[qweezyuk]

Thieves use a car to rob a Quick, BAN cars!

[arys]

Same speech as 2017 Bullrun. A good anti-signal.

[pimmeijer]

2 major points of your video that I'd like to refute.

- The fact that criminality was funded through Bitcoin is moot. So much more criminality is funded through dollars and Bitcoin logs every transaction which makes it stupid to use as a criminal because it leaves a trace.
- Bitcoin is a crypto asset first. Not a cryptocurrency. It might grow into that later but not any time soon. Even if Bitcoin will never be a cryptocurrency it's still a much better asset than gold and yet it has only 1/8th of the value right now.

[niz_jon]

This video was proudly sponsor by the government!

[kumaraswamyp.s]

Wonder how much electricity our Banking Systems use in comparison to that of Bitcoin.. (Netherlands! So what..) do a better job in comparing apples to apples 🕵️

[Smoothy]

bitcoin may crash but blockchain technology will continue

[Goldhunter]

Competition has always proved healthy.

[barrywhite]

The FUD is strong in this one. Government and bank sponsored no doubt

[AdamWarner]

Trust is a very important part of currency which is currently at an all time low

[jatochneetoch]

What a DARK SIDE of telling the story about Bitcoin. Sad to see how they demonize Bitcoin.

[chhopraki]

also we don't want bankers to buy bitcoin anyways with someone else's money. We want the 99% to buy it before they do. So there is a massive massive wealth transfer back to people. This is good!

[WilliamThomasWales]

Bitcoin might not handle many transactions per second but the layer two of bitcoin (lighting network) is infinitely scalable so that point is irrelevant.

[jonathaneklund]

Very energy consuming and bad for the environment, you say? What about gold mining? How about banning gold mining because of the enviromental damage then drop its price so that it can be used in an affordable manner in electronics?

[TheMabax]

It already has...and it's only the beginning.