As soon as I understood what Blockchain technology was (the efficiency, understanding its uses, & the privacy) & what it meant for future entrepreneurs, I was completely sold & excited! Speaking from experience: People fear what they don't understand (race in America: stereotypes & ignorance for example). Anyways i saw the potential for merchants, businesses, financial institutions, & smaller entrepreneurs to utilize blockchain technology now or in the near future to secure more capital! (Greed rules all in America: Capitalism). My business partners & I recognized right away we could now handle our business overseas a lot easier, build smart contracts & make cheaper transactions together now (because we all are scattered across the US). I read somewhere tech giants like China's Alibaba & America's Amazon would be crazy not to start accepting payments awhile back! I'm sure I saw you can use Dash to pay for certain items on Amazon. I believe not only giant tech companies will accept bitcoin and other altcoins, but eventually larger consumer stores, retail shopping stores, private education, financial institutions, marijuana banking industry, and various other small businesses will accept some sort of cryptocurrency! I wrote this opinion because I read that the largest food delivery company in Germany (Lieferando) has integrated Bitcoin. The article is here https://cointelegraph.com/news/largest-food-delivery-platform-in-germany-integrates-bitcoin
Anyways longterm investors should be confident about the future of Bitcoin & other altcoins (Dash looks promising & is my favorite so far! Steemit is obviously my second favorite!) I challenge you if you haven't already started using some of these altcoins technologies, like NIKE says just do it! You'll thank me later! Did I mention I love CoinTelegraph news...
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