- That is a simple miscommunication. I mean in a more broad way, not just the "exchanges" (i.e. cryptsy, etc.) But to go further, what stores will allow me to use my bitcoin wallet address to pay for something? Where can I go down the street to pay with bitcoins? The simple answer is nowhere. Why? It would require a massive infrastructure change and we're already talking post collapse so where will the capital come from to make this possible?
Not touching the rest, but this is at least mildly interesting. The answer is "Berlin" and "the infrastructure is already in place". All a store needs to accept payment in bitcoin is a QR code and a computer with a wallet to confirm payment. Automatic conversion to fiat optional. The infrastructure, such as it is, has been in place for years. And it doesn't break down like the elaborate and expensive systems we currently use do, and requires nobodys approval. It's also free.
You have a lot of reading to do. I would suggest seeing to that before you continue arguing about things you clearly have little clue about.
The capital would come from Berlin?
I have a lot of reading to do? As you tapdance around the plain truth... that no store in my immediate vicinity will accept my bitcoin. You sir, need to get out more often. (I know of no store that has QR scanners anywhere for at least 75 miles and I live in a decently populated area and the one store that does sells nothing that I would want or need as evidenced by the fact that it does little business in a decently sized commercial district)
Automatic conversion isn't optional... so that's not of any concern since no government accepts bitcoin for anything that I'm aware of.
If Bitcoin were to be "used by government agencies for the express purpose of paying ANYTHING AT ALL" it would be immediately subverted to all the same taxes and regulations that the dollar is currently held to. Do you think the government would simply go away because the dollar collapsed?