Orthogonal? Facebook wants money for things, like promoting pages, and there are a lot of people that make use of this.
Google have adverts. People pay for those adverts. Do they need google+ to do that?
Amazoncoin? Fuck that, not going to happen, or catch on if it does.
I think it's max 2 years away this kind of adoption.
It will suprise us by happening sooner than we think. Maybe 9 months from now. One of the big players.
Walmart is a great addition to the list too.
And yes you are right about paypal/ebay, but they will want in on the bitcoin economy soon enough. Remember bitcoin is not replacing the current economy as much as it is making a new economy.
Google have adverts. People pay for those adverts. Do they need google+ to do that?
Amazoncoin? Fuck that, not going to happen, or catch on if it does.
I think it's max 2 years away this kind of adoption.
It will suprise us by happening sooner than we think. Maybe 9 months from now. One of the big players.
Walmart is a great addition to the list too.
And yes you are right about paypal/ebay, but they will want in on the bitcoin economy soon enough. Remember bitcoin is not replacing the current economy as much as it is making a new economy.
OK, hadn't considered that aspect of Facebook but that's not general public. Not sure what effect.
Google, again, not general public. Google is leveraging Google+ into every damn thing they can so if they don't already, they probably will. I was thinking more in terms of Google checkout though. I *can* see them integrating Bitcoin there and I think they are less incentivized than Paypal/Ebay to try to delay things.
Amazoncoin? I agree that it won't catch on. Doesn't mean they won't try it first which would push back any potential adoption.