Thanks for bumping this thread up for me. I too just read it first time. Not just OP is excellent but follow ups are really great too. This is the thread of the year for me so far.
And thanks to you as well!
Great thread,
Zomdifros, and a great post.
FYI, if you're not familiar with the backstory;
Vladimir was the first person to apply the term 'singularity' to bitcoin...