Interesting variety of opinions 
I guess this poll would have been much more bullish had i asked this same question when bitcoin was at 30$, before the big exchange hacks and before the ponzi scams
If that one company was the only company in the world that had a realistic solution to a very big problem, i absolutely would.
I've been involved in ecommerce for quite a few years. One of the most depressing thing about it is that consumers pay a very high price, because the current online-transaction systems are so easily exploitable. By an estimate, in 2008 online fraud had grown to 4billion USD, today this figure is likely only to grow exponentially. http://www.practicalecommerce.com/articles/996-Chart-of-the-Week-Online-Fraud-Cost-Merchants-4-Billion-in-2008 Especially when added, the post 2008 crisis obsessive regulations on financial institutions, the hidden cost of fraud, regulations, and so on is only going up. My own little business has an operating margin of just 1%, but the "spread" for my clients is ±30% (primary due to fraud).
Bitcoin seems to be the creature, that appears just crazy enough to be able to solve it. But the issue remains that most businesses as well as consumers still need exchanges to pay their bills (in other currencies than bitcoins), and exchanges are the point where the fraud will continue to happen, hence the lowcost bitcoin is still not so low cost for most people. Wide adaption would solve this, or perhaps bitcoin is just too crazy of a creature for wide adaption.
I guess this poll would have been much more bullish had i asked this same question when bitcoin was at 30$, before the big exchange hacks and before the ponzi scams
Would you invest 100% of your savings in one company on the share market? Bitcoin is no different. I know it's all smiles at the moment as we've seen a massive ramp up in price from $2 to $16, but consider being on the other end of it buying in at $32 and seeing it drop to $2.
If that one company was the only company in the world that had a realistic solution to a very big problem, i absolutely would.
I've been involved in ecommerce for quite a few years. One of the most depressing thing about it is that consumers pay a very high price, because the current online-transaction systems are so easily exploitable. By an estimate, in 2008 online fraud had grown to 4billion USD, today this figure is likely only to grow exponentially. http://www.practicalecommerce.com/articles/996-Chart-of-the-Week-Online-Fraud-Cost-Merchants-4-Billion-in-2008 Especially when added, the post 2008 crisis obsessive regulations on financial institutions, the hidden cost of fraud, regulations, and so on is only going up. My own little business has an operating margin of just 1%, but the "spread" for my clients is ±30% (primary due to fraud).
Bitcoin seems to be the creature, that appears just crazy enough to be able to solve it. But the issue remains that most businesses as well as consumers still need exchanges to pay their bills (in other currencies than bitcoins), and exchanges are the point where the fraud will continue to happen, hence the lowcost bitcoin is still not so low cost for most people. Wide adaption would solve this, or perhaps bitcoin is just too crazy of a creature for wide adaption.