As of today I want to agree with your associates. Despite all the raves and hype in the news, yes Bitcoin has yet to make a huge impact in the market in general. But I dare say that Bitcoin has the potential to become the strongest currency in the world.

This would take time, ALLOT of time, and mass adoption across the world. There's so many factors... we also need to consider that at a certain threshold, any party that is against bitcoin may become prevalent to hamper its progress, which is already a reality - just make some research around here.

Plenty of other unrealistic conditions have to be met as well. You know how complex the monetary system is.