For me the natural extension of blockchain technology is towards online identity and voting.
Spending money is after all a form of voting and impetus for evolution in a capitalistic economy.

My reasons for ongoing interest in Silkcoin summarized for myself and others:
1. community take over
2. proof of stake
3. voting

If Silkcoin has a feedback mechanism in the form of project voting and a mechanism for designation of funds to projects based on staking weight and decided by voting, then it turns into something else completely.
At that point it turns into a system that creates itself.

What I hope it creates itself into is this:
A system for immediate, frictionless and secure payments peer to peer.
A system for persistent vendor identity, feedback and communication, none of it requiring trust.
A system for collating and consolidating community ideas and so direct incentive driven projects with built-in rewards on delivery.

What I hope the result will be:
A new way to communicate and transact, less wasted time and resources, more space for community and creativity.