Cool initiative!! Wishing you the best of fortune - may the Bit be with you.

BTC is already becoming a more useful and liquid medium of value, as Overstock and other retailers begin accepting it as payment for goods. The future is bright.

The value of Bitcoin is a matter of what it has the purchasing power to buy. Sure, a major aspect of coin hoarding is related to speculation, but on the flip side, until there are mainstream merchants where you can easily convert your BTC to a purchased item, hoarding is encouraged.

Once there are more outlets to spend Bitcoin and it becomes more liquid, I suspect that hoarding will lessen significantly.

I believe that once the number of Bitcoins left to be mined diminishes and there is more widespread merchant acceptance, there is a strong possibility that a single Bitcoin could be worth $10,000, similar to a blue chip stock like, Berkshire Hathaway.

However, I believe that such an increase in BTC value would take at least 3 years to occur.