# Why do people think Bitcoins have value?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [February 3, 2014, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-think-bitcoins-have-value/680460 "2014-02-03T22:34:15Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 5, 2014, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-think-bitcoins-have-value/680460/37 "2014-02-05T20:00:20Z")

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> [@Lukeinva](#):
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> When hotels and restaurants and grocery stores and malls (etc etc) start posting “Bitcoins Accepted” signs then maybe people will be more accepting, or whatever.

[You](http://i.imgur.com/BUN9qal.jpg) [mean](http://media.coindesk.com/2013/11/bitcoin-accepted-here-subway.png) [like](http://images.vcpost.com/data/images/full/11051/bitcoins-sign.jpg?w=680) [some](http://globalfinance.zenfs.com/en_us/Finance/US_AFTP_SILICONALLEY_H_LIVE/Bitcoin-accepted-here-sign-1.jpg) [of](http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Bitcoin-Sign.jpg) [these](http://blouinnews.com/sites/default/files/styles/640x432/public/images/story/2013_11_21/13362106b2f76d227fffb209a57c09ba.jpeg)?  
You can pay for a [wedding planner](http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/1pz983/), pay [college tuition](http://www.wired.com/business/2013/11/bitcoin-university/), pay for a [sandwich at Subway](http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/230030), and even [pay your taxes online](http://www.forbes.com/sites/benkepes/2014/01/15/bitcoin-breaks-out-you-can-now-pay-the-irs-in-cryptocurrency) at the IRS website with bitcoins.

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