I recently went for USA Visa interview , i.e I applied for a business visa.
For the purpose of VISA, I needed the documents to show my bank balance, therefore I went for getting the bank statement sealed and signed from bank authorities. I am from India the bank in which I have account are one of the best banks in my country.
Now first I took out print out of 6 months statement, then went to bank physically, then the real pain started, they told me to put a seal and sign on my Bank Account Statement, they will charge 100 INR for one month's statement, and I felt cheated, I felt these guys are in a business of monopoly, for my money, my account, they are charging money from me just to authenticate that my balance amount is right.
That's weird as fuck. Even though 100 INR is only around 2 USD, it's still pretty unfair to charge. In my country, the banks charge something like a $1.5 dollar fee to mail you statements to you, but most peope opt out since online statements are just so much easier.
If they are charging you that to print out a statement, that's bullshit, but if it's something like a sealed or specific document, it does make some sort of sense...
We surely need crypto currencies, and do not need anyone else's validation to proof that we have our own money. More and More Power to BitCoin.
Signing an address with your funds is just so sick, an aspect of that can definitely be incorporated in the real world money.