Mainstream media has been taking about Bitcoin a lot more in 2014. Last year the few times it was mentioned it was always almost only a joke or a scam.

Large corporations like Dish and Dell are starting to accept Bitcoin as a payment through Coinbase and Bitpay, as well as smaller but still very big businesses like Overstock, Tiger Direct, and New Egg. Younger businesses like Shopify "get it".

I think we are approaching "The Chasm". I'm a 20-something in a college city. This year I have instigated friends of mine to purchase over $50,000 in Bitcoin. They see it as an opportunity to invest in the future once they really start to understand it. I work in coffee. None of those friends are tech oriented. They are the second generation - and when they make some money from this investment I think THEY will be the catalyst for the post Chasm early adopters and early majority.