Bitcoin will be doomed to failure if it doesn't shed all of it's fiat currency traits. eg. gambling, interest..
Where is this utopia of which you speak?
Didn't you hear? Some bitcoin users were going to go live on an island in the bermuda triangle and start a utopia, running their bitcoin clients off dial-up on their satellite phones. Why else do you think everyone keeps complaining about pruning the blockchain?
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