Quote from: beeblebrox on November 02, 2013, 02:06:49 AM

I've been waiting for this.... https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=147933 ... and so it begins.

I'll make a prediction here-- the popularity of off-line transaction will mean that bitcoin fees never peak above 200 BTC/day averaged over a month. In fact they may have already peaked-- more people use bitcoin now than ever before and yet the fee's have never passed 100BTC/day at seven day rolling average and seem to be declining when averaged over longer time spans. ( http://blockchain.info/charts/transaction-fees )

Once electronic schemes like become popular for smaller amounts and large off-chain bank-like transfers for larger amounts there will be little reason for anyone to use on-chain for normal commercial transactions.

Off chain transactions are only suitable for people who don't require certainty as to actually owning the bitcoins they think they own.