A different look at the Bitcoin market:
http://www.finance-guy.net/finblog/bitcoin-not-a-bubbleit's not a very positive opinion, but I agree that something needs to be done to attract the general masses to use Bitcoin. Something needs to make BTC more attractive than cash for everyday people.
What kind of incentives do you think would work for the people you know?
At current stage, I don't think average people will help to improve the bitcoin, majority of people just blindly follow the leaders
All it takes is a couple of whales drive another wave of rally and send exchange rate to 10k+ level. It does not require lots of money and it is easy to do with current low liquidity on the exchanges, they just need to control enough coins before they start. And the best time to start the show is the next reward halving, or when a large brake through in mining technology hit