Quote from: DrMaximum on February 28, 2014, 08:01:47 PM

Quote from: hellscabane on February 28, 2014, 07:32:21 PM

I actually don't see the government thing as an "ultimate" hurdle.

The only way to kill Bitcoin is if all governments ban Bitcoin, and I really don't see that happening.

Heck even in the U.S. things can be jumbled up.

If one state decided to adopt Bitcoin, the U.S. government wouldn't be able to prevent that state from using BTC (violation of the 10th Amendment). Sure the financial and regulatory issues would be convoluted, but from an overarching perspective the state could still allow people to transact in it, as long the state transacts with the federal government in USD.

good point.. It will never die completely

however for bitcoin to mean something in the future,
I think everything stands on what the US does...

If the US takes a positive stand on BTC

western euro countries, I think are likely to follow

in Belgium and the Netherlands, Finland and Norway, there are some positive voices already ( along with negative warnings )
but no decisions are being made... and few politicians understand BTC

once USA and western euro countries embraced BTC, ( not regulating it to death )
BTC will take off

It definitely would be nice if the US somehow adopted Bitcoin.

That said, even if the US doesn't, it's very likely that would cause a bunch of other countries to adopt it (you know, good old politics and hate towards the US). It'd kinda be like a fun balancing scale. Some country is going to act contrary to another country's politics and fiscal policy at some point.