People need to live and people are free to spend their money however they wish, as long as it isn't hurting others.

wow! That is one hefty fee. Ouch. 

BTC is here for the long term, it will undoubtedly survive this year.

Google has their eyes on bitcoin, whether they say it or not. You know they do.

That is awesome man! Love hearing these stories, have fun on your trip! 

Hopefully the government of Russia opens its eyes and embraces bitcoin. Whether it be 2016, 2017 or sometime in the future. I'm keeping my hopes up that they see the light.

Competition of currencies is a good thing, no matter what the success. The market will decide what it wants as its money. Those who try to stifle this, are doing a vast disservice to humanity. Free money is the future.

We will see if it results in a price increase. Technically, it should be price positive, as long as things continue on the same. Other factors can majorly affect the price although. Regardless, its another milestone in bitcoins history.

In the past, I've never kept more than a couple bitcoin. Well, except in the early days when it wasn't worth much.

Yes, yes and yes! Do it, support the Bitcoin economy, its here for the long term!

I think this is fairly impossible to know. Its just guessing at this point.

We've catapulted off the cliff and there is no looking back now. The inevitable collapse is going to come of fiat money. Hopefully we will return to a new honest system, whether it be bitcoin, gold and some other basket of commodities, who knows. Anything will be better than the farce we currently are enslaved to.

The world is facing some monster problems and it is very likely that we are heading towards another crash. Although I wouldn't be listening to any mainstream economist. These guys are corrupt and have horrible track records.

Hmm definitely not good for the bitcoin image. Who knows is this was intentionally done or not though, just to smear the bitcoin name.

Some great sites have been posted. Make sure to check them out. This forum is also a huge wealth of information. We've been on here for years

If it was fully adopted and used by all. It could replace many of the banking functions that they currently fulfill. I highly doubt however that it will fully replace it. Perhaps we could have Bitcoin banks, that act in the traditional sense that banks do now.

Remember, the banking elite have an incredible amount of power and will fight this tooth and nail.

Obviously I'm going to say Bitcoin, the only problem is that it isn't 100% universal as of yet, but we are growing always

I'm sure most people hope to spend it and that it is worth much much more. I personally hope that it is commonly used by all at that point. We will see.

That is awesome! Always good to hear about the spread and growth of Bitcoin. 

Bitcoin is here to stay, it isn't going anywhere anytime soon. There will always be a community that supports and uses it.