In my opinion as long we accept scam like ponzi, hyip and all the other shit which destroy the image of this wonderfull invetion there will be no good future for bitcoin. It still will be a currency of the criminals. There have to be a rethinking.
Holy cow but I not have seen the relationship of the ponzi and hyip, it's bad for the investing person and the image of bitcoin but for to encourage local store for accepting bitcoin and i not seem any trouble with it, and are you refer the image will affecting the potentially of local store accepting bitcoin? I can say no this is just the relationship about the profitable.
I don't think that is related bro, because even fiat money is being used by criminals not only Bitcoins. The progress of bitcoin is slow in terms of how businesses accept it is because they still don't know it yet, even if they accept bitcoin will their ever be a customer who will pay bitcoin also their is a problem with their government's taxes on how will they tax something that only virtually exist.