A good positive thread - great idea!
I still want bitcoin to work, and getting the money people out is a great start, because as we know, bitcoin is a long way from being ready for public consumption.
I would guess that we need a few more infrastructure issues in place first before it bubbles up again
We need a simpler way to buy bitcoins from fiat, which is immune to DDoS (decentralized exchange)
We need to encourage people to buy and sell stuff by using bitcoins, and that can only happen with a value that doesn't jump up and down like a yoyo.
Silk Road showed one way to do this is with the ability to buy dodgy stuff online, and while its a great example, it isn't a winning idea!
What we need is a product or service which is internationally wanted, but difficult to currently pay for.
Maybe if Bitcoin became the currency of internet oddjobs or freelance work - how to pay for small technical jobs, we might be on to something.
That way, we would be looking at using exchanges to move people from Bitcoins into Fiat just as much as move fiat into Bitcoins - a much more balanced approach?
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