Ha, I knew 100,000 is possible. But I think it will take around 20 years.
I think bitcoin can go both ways -
1. It'll hit skyhigh - tens of thousands to hundreds of thousand
2. It'll die. Just die, completely.
I'm hoping for the first option, but IMO it's pretty unpredictable.
how would it die? what do you think can kill bitcoin?
easier to predict that it cannot die. it's already accepted in most countries, it's already being used by thousands of businesses (
http://coinmap.org/), and ten's of thousands of businesses use Bitpay to accept bitcoin related transactions.
Impossible to kill off now.
It's too late to shut the stable door after the horse has bolted

EDIT. these are few well known places that accept BTC: Amazon, Richard Branson-buy a trip to space, University of Nicosia, bitcoin ATM's, etc, etc...