Quote from: STT on February 14, 2018, 01:08:37 AM

Quote from: Leahhhh on February 05, 2018, 07:43:21 PM

Are there any optimists left? Is $100K still possible even by 2020 or 2021?

Why is optimism only measured in large numbers. Maybe I think laterally not purely in height of a chart, the real advances in Bitcoin is not going to come from it becoming more expensive. If this is a grand lotto scheme then sure the prize we want to be bigger, simple as can be.

I would prefer Bitcoin to become far more intricate and detailed in its growth. Capable and sturdy of handling the weight of the world that might rest on it in troubled times as we transition away from a singular country's domination of world reserve currency and those trade advantages that serve the West.

The whole world gains if we can do business better, if crypto development can become part of that it'll be a bigger number than would've ever be imagined to be gained, it will be exponential. It'll enable 7 billion people in equal and fair commerce not biased to one country or set of politics but towards creativity, production and efficiency. The gains would be regular and small, not bound to 1 bitcoin but in peoples advancement within the smallest transfers of Satoshi bits.

I'd love to see this more then just many zeros on the end of a number

I so much agree with your reasoning. Optimism shouldn't be judged nor determined by an increase in price alone, but also in function. The basic things can easily be eluded if we concentrate on price alone.

But can anyone not see why this adoption thing is taking long and so much hassles are involved. Who agitated when MasterCard and Visa and all sorts of Credit cards and facilities decided to go cashless. Now, because decentralisation is a more deterministic value, especially with democratic cryptos like Bitcoin and a bunch of other inspired altcoins. So the question really should be, how long before regulation and far from global adoption are we?