Quote from: Carlsen on December 03, 2016, 03:51:45 PM

Quote from: error08 on December 02, 2016, 11:03:06 AM

Quote from: The Pharmacist on November 21, 2016, 01:20:25 AM

Eh, I'll believe it when I see it. I do think something along these lines is coming, but none of us knows when or to what extent adoption is going to rise. Having hope and really bullish thoughts doesn't really help anyone, and that sort of thing can be detrimental to your wallet.

People need a real reason to use bitcoin over fiat, and so far I haven't seen really compelling reasons. That's heresy, I know, but to me bitcoin works much better as an investment tool and store of value than as a currency to be adopted for spending. But we'll see.

I think adoption booming will still happen, that's why Op mentioned how.
People will interested with bitcoin, the reason should be on merchants/shops accepted bitcoin as has been done in some places like recently in France. Bitcoin community in every country could make it happen with some innovations, but we'll see.

I really think that this boom has already begun.
You can buy lots of digital goods with bitcoin as a payment. Of course, bitcoin is not going to rule the world of payment systems.
But I think it is going to be a worthy oponent for paypal or bank wire.
Sure, that is not going to happen over night, but I think we will all live to see that happen.

It is tough to see Bitcoin being a worthy competitor to paypal or any of the payment networks, unless we have the ability to scale up. The block size restriction is going to be an albatross around Bitcoin's neck. Once that is sorted out, the real potential of Bitcoin will become visible.