Your thoughtful analysis is appreciated.

Thank you for this friendly security reminder.

In terms of value, competition forces developers to be smarter by making their treasures more rare and more desirable. The rules for coin generation and brand are primary, network growth is secondary, and the mining algorithms themselves mostly a shadow of the other vital attributes.

Thank you for providing this friendly security alert.

I learned that tomorrow 2/3 of all Bitcoins that will ever exist will have been mined.

You just keep saying FUD over and over again without making any valid arguments. Are you in the tenth grade? And I couldn't care less who dumps what.

Here's a little insight into what's going on @ Coinbase: https://twitter.com/brian_armstrong/status/569914763263606785

I assume he's also talking about Litecoin (LTC).  

When someone says something like that, it's open to interpretation. We simply disagree on the interpretation.

He also goes on later in that exchange and basically says, "it's not up to me, you guys deal with it."

Cryptocurrencies are like operating systems and require, at minimum - updates, patches, and maintenance. These are all forms of development. Development also goes beyond code and applies to things like public relations, community growth, and network health.

Imagine if Gavin came out and said Bitcoin no longer needs development, or if Microsoft quit updating its software. We're in the infancy of digital currencies ... and coins that stop development are destined to remain in the infantile stage.

This is also a competition and there are many competitors just loving this new "no need development" attitude.

I usually take a look at the top 50 on this link daily. http://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/views/filter-non-mineable-and-premined/

These aren't considered dead, but you might keep your eyes on Potcoin (POT), Maxcoin (MAX), Mazacoin (MZC), and of course Goldcoin (GLD). Here you have four well-positioned currencies that are currently flying under the radar.

Potcoin makes sense because I see the utility/need for a niche crypto in the cannabis community, Maxcoin because Keiser can turn on the PR like a light switch any time he chooses, Mazacoin because it make sense to have a sovereign coin and Payu is great at marketing, and Goldcoin because its developer is the Nikola Tesla of the crypto world.

This is probably what this guy honestly believes, "that bitcoin is bad".

It escapes me how they could possibly stop this train now. I think it's just going to take more time for people like this to accept the coming change. I would look at the core developer(s) as 10X greater risk than any outside government agency.

Hopefully Bitcoin doesn't manage to attract a suicidal co-pilot. 

This has got me thinking.

Maybe it's the combination of the large stash of coins he mined (while monopolizing the network), in conjunction with the possibility that he could decide to resurface with those coins and return to "power". He would be crowned the king after-all.

I can see in my mind a few scenarios where he could threaten the stability and security of the network if he decided to play his hand a certain way. Not a very likely possibility, but one that should probably not be ignored.

1. Send MaidSafeCoins using Omniwallet to the BTC address of your paper wallet.

2. Seal paper wallet in PVC pipe filled with rice.

3. Bury pipe in backyard and mark location mentally.

4. (Optional) Purchase guard dog to watch over yard.

Yes. This was ax-grinding taken to a level never before seen in the modern world.

This is unknown and depends on many variables (future btc price, transaction volume, code changes, etc.)

The biggest threat to bitcoin (at the moment) is Satoshi's 10% stash and the centralized super-powers of the core developer(s). If these problems can be addressed, then the bitcoin network might be even "more secure" after the block rewards cease to exist.

Satoshi has around 10% and the rest are controlled by the core developers.

What if this was the attitude when people first started using the internet and friends were learning about the first search engine.

Bitcoin needs the competition that altcoins provide to keep it striving to improve. Competition is healthy and highly beneficial to the consumer.

Hmmmmm ... Maybe this line can be removed now.  

100%. For the same reasons the Internet and BitTorrent continue growing.

The general consumer is always the last to adopt new technology. We are just the first adopters ... the early players in the game. When the altcoin winners go mainsteam, the new marketcaps will make the 2013 price spikes pale by comparison.

What does this have to do with coin value?