Snipping quite a bit - As good as it is, I don't want to quote this long post in its entirety.
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Stop it, man! I can't spend all my merit on you.

Haha! Thanks! I just have these moment of clarity from time to time where I can see the way most of the paths lead to one place. And today it just became obvious that we really are going to run into a wall soon... the good kind. There really is no other way.
On the other hand I imagine the anti-bitcoin news is also going to ramp up. I imagine some of it is already planned.