They say it takes balls of steel to have held on this long.

I pride myself in my balls of steel thus far.

I believe it would take balls of Titanium to hold on until Bitcoin has propagated enough to be able to buy all your material needs with it.

No longer needing USD may be a long way off.  Just depends how quickly merchants hop on board I guess.

Right now its all mom and pop shops for the most part.

And keep in mind, many people will cash out and put their money into an IRA or a mutual fund which will continue to generate income.

Spending tens (hundreds) of thousands of dollars on things like iPods or free coffee for life, really is a loss.  There's no gain.  Its spending.

Until I can put a down payment on an appreciating asset like a home, with Bitcoin, I'll probably cash out in USD.

Good luck to those with Titanium balls!