I wish some Bitcoin Advertising Network could make a deal with a "regular fiat" network to gain of a massive influx of advertisers.

PR means "Public Relations" services to me. Is this what you have in mind?

As you used the word sinking, I believe you understand the risks. Do it, but then if you're really new to BTC, you'd better start with $250.

My earlier posts can show I'm no friend of the banking sector, but I shall remind a few here that banks can help sometimes. I've used a bank and I shall be forever grateful to that bank when I got a loan which enabled me to buy my home.

I'm all in favor of BTC but we may all need credit sometimes. Only banks have been able to provide it so far.

I like BTC because it's not related to any country. Just like gold, except that it's weightless, and transferable around the world in minutes.

It's difficult because I was an idealist, then I became an opportunist when I bought some BTC and then, I may turn an entrepreneur someday.

Looking further, BTC has an image problem, being often associated with drug-dealing and terrorism, if we could say it helps empowering women, that would help.

Sadly, most often we have no choice anymore. It's getting next to impossible to pay for utility bills in cash. Some companies even ask for a hefty charge if you don't want to pay by direct debit.

BTC's our only hope!

In 2013, there are still several countries where women are not allowed to work, or open a bank account, without the consent of their husband.

http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2013/09/24/societies-dismantle-gender-discrimination-world-bank-group-president-jim-yong-kim

With BTC gender-neutral, it could do a lot to help them earning, and saving, some money for their own good. The problem is that in those male-dominated countries, many women lack the knowledge to use a computer as they are sometimes not allowed to go to school. There's a lot to do, but I'm convinced BTC can help.

Frankly, the U.S. government would be quite stupid to do anything like that. It would be much cheaper and easier to enact some really tough regulation. The government can say a drug is legal or not, or can impose registration, like for owning a car or a gun.

There may be older webmasters with lots of experiences of trolling, spammers, etc... Once you've bitten a few times, you'll become cautious.

I've never seen anyone crowdfunding patents. The process is just too long (it often takes 2 or 3 years), and then you can't be sure you'll get it.

You should move to Russia, its population is decreasing.

You need multiple sources. I check the BBC and the FT everyday, then Bloomberg.

There's a logic here. BTC will grow faster in countries where people distrust the official currency, and are looking for something else. BTC has been very stable so far compared to what Argentinians are used to. It will be all black market, but it's about the only thing that works in Argentina. Then exchanges should not as much as a problem as in other countries, because people will prefer BTC to fiat.

There are plenty of them! It's actually part of my job to pinpoint them. But you have to consider what you want to do with your money. Do you just want to buy a nice place to live, or do you want to make an investment with the reasonable expectation that you will make a profit when you will want to sell?

There's not much of real estate a bubble in Germany. Save for Munich and Frankfurt, I regard most of that country as affordable and steady, in complete opposition to wild places like London or Monaco. Romania is even steadier, many cheap houses in the countryside, but would you like it?

There's another discussion on this same topic, and I repeat I will not sign, nor do I wish paypal to accept BTC.

Please, don't sign. BTC shall replace paypal.

I'm surprised and disappointed to see that several people here are supportive of the idea. Don't they remember the "be your own bank" slogan? I wish, and I would sign all the petitions there are, to increase the number of retailers accepting BTC, with the ultimate objective of making all financial institutions obsolete.

There's no need anymore for a middleman to make transactions between 2 strangers now that BTC exists.

Whatever the outcome of the ideas given here, I suppose that right now, anyone selling something on Ebay can just add at the end of his product's description that he'll gladly accept BTC as payment.

I would not want to disappoint anyone, but I would be very surprised if many people here would sign. Who needs paypal now that we have BTC? I don't want paypal to accept BTC, I want paypal to die. Anything paypal's doing, BTC is doing it as well for a lower fee. I suppose that if you don't mind paying high transaction fees, you could sign that petition.