Yes it is and it will stay a small scale thing until I can easily us it to buy anything the same way I use a credit card or green bills.   At this time it is anything but currency.   I like it as a place to hold cash in that it can't be inflated beyond the 21 million limit.  American is being taken over by the mind set of socialism which hates free market anything.   I hope it makes it but BTC has a long road ahead.  For now it's just a way to speculate which is a long way from being an investment.  Government has the power to keep a blackmarket tool.  Still usefull but not what it could be.   We won't know for some time.