In reply to Chris Farlee.

Let me make this simply 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. 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, great! If not, so what? The price can vary a lot, which is its 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?