In reply to Chris Farlee.

Let me make this simple for you. Bitcoin IS NOT for the "mainstream consumer". Just like mainstream consumers didn't give a SHIT about the Internet before it had already gotten a lot bigger than it was previously intended to be.

Bitcoin has a lot of perks. For the POOR people. REPRESSED people. In UNDEVELOPED countries. And for political REFUGEES. With LIMITED or NO options.
- There are a lot of those people, you know?

Bitcoin is still called a BETA. It's not even COMPLETE yet.
If people want to use it already, awesome! If not, so what? The price can vary a lot, which is its terrifying weakness.

It could be dead tomorrow as for what we know. Yet some people use it for fully ethical transactions. What does that tell you about those people? THEY are the intended consumers of this FREE product. Not you.