All the replies about what bitcoin "can do" and why it's destined to change the world... all these things, like ordering a taxi or buying pizza online... you can already do with this neat little invention called a credit card. They've actually been around for over 40 years...

Telling people here that bitcoin has maxed out is like walking into a heaven's gate meeting and telling them that there is no mythical space ship in the sky waiting to beam them to heaven. Members of this forum have been holding, and telling each other for the better part of a year that bitcoin is destined to change the world... just because it's so awesome and the sheep don't recognize it yet. Bitcoins are magical beans, you're all just holding and hoping to get rich. But the public is now aware of bitcoin and they're not interested. They don't care that it's centralized. People like centralization.

Why do you think libertarians only get 1 or 2% of the vote? People want a big government to look out for them, and even if they have an independent streak in them, they still don't want a digital currency, which can be potentially lost or stolen from them unless they're some kind of computer security expert. Not to mentioned the 60% decline in value in less than one year. If you think people will ever want bitcoin for anything other than speculating or gambling, then you must be smoking something.