Of course I read it, otherwise I wouldn´t have answered. And I found it very interesting. In fact I agree most of you say, maybe my error is the tone I wrote my post which didn´t sound as I agree (sorry about my english).
I agree with you completely on #2 (chicken and egg). On #1 I don´t see the separation you make between bitcoin and its underlying infrastructure, because I think that all were designed as independents parts of a whole "product" since the beginning.