Buying would help with the rebound and bugs can be fixed. Overtime the price will rebound and if people are invested in BTC they most likely should be able to survive WITHOUT their investments anyways so if they sell out, when the prices rise again they'll most likely buy in again as an attempt to gain back what they lost. I would totally buy as much BTC as I can afford to.

When are they going to remove the test currency?

The same argument can be used the other way though, what if the exchange is 500 (in whatever currency) per BTC today but it falls to 450 per BTC tomorrow? I realize that to win some you have to lose some but unless you're amazing at predicting when is best to exchange AND have self control not to spend the emergency money, being paid in fiat is much easier.

Converting it sounds like digging your own grave doesnt it? I'm sure anyone would convert if it was desperate conditions but the idea of just converting it just to have it in their currency, in a bank or not, is asking to be shot or jailed.

I definitely not quit my job but convert enough, or if I can I would use the BTC straight, to pay off any debt I have at that time and just live comfortably rather than doing something drastic as moving to an isolated island. But to each their own, to others I'm sure my plan sounds crazy.

Don't forget its much faster and without a system that limits the amount that can be sent.

Until this thread I had never heard of Gary Johnson but that's most likely due to how the major news corporations only cover candidates that bring in enough money to pay for that time slot, which practically requires inference of mass corporations. To be fair though, Bernie Sanders, who I've decided to vote for, is most likely as well known as Gary Johnson.

Elections are really a game of who can pretend to be for the people the best, though all the major/well known candidates are there for the mass corporations' benefit.
America is an oligarchy.

Since the halving is only happening once every 4 years that gives plenty of time to stabilize the price, if the price rises as will demand to a certain degree so the deflation will only hit when the demand is unable to keep up with the price rise.

But what if there was a bank-like system made of just BTC? (Though it'll never happen, it's just food for thought)
If the issue is trust then I think just trusting something because its been around longer isn't the greatest plan, that system feeds off of blind trust. Trusting a bank over BTC isn't wrong but before trusting one over another maybe length of existence shouldn't be the only deciding factor.

Great justice system huh, "make sure you arrest about this many people"
Back to the subject though, authorities would most likely just brush anything being digitally stolen as things they "don't have jurisdiction over" so why even bother? sure it's illegal to steal things, physical or digital, but if the authorities don't follow up then whats been stolen is just gone.

Well the price has been going up steady at a good rate so that is a good sign to me. Going to say this is because of the beta release and when they continue to release things interest will continue growing

I think auto rolling would help mobile users a lot. Since this is just an open beta I'm sure there is still a lot of development left to do.

Tested out the new game and gotta say I'm liking where things are headed. Keep up the good work!

A system that pays to invest in, much like a bank, would indeed help with moving away from our currently system but then the issue would be that the public doesn't trust new technology based things in a heartbeat. The older half of the public would definitely would actively look for flaws but not admit the current system has more flaws, digging their heels into the dirt in an attempt to stop/slow the progress of technology.
"We've always used this system, its worked for xxx years so why do we need to change it now?"

Well another difference is the potential gain from the investments and assuming that the OP wanted all assets in one currency or another, both have advantages and disadvantages. You're right, gold can be produced but BTC and gold share the trait of being worth what people believe its worth. Owning BTC can be a job just like watching the price of gold, it really depend on what angle you look from, gold may be a bit more stable but it doesn't mean the price cant plummet.

What I'm basically trying to say is that BTC and gold aren't that different and it really just comes down to if the investor is willing to lose his whole investment for a chance at tripling or quadrupling or if they would rather a more stable gamble.

Looks like LIR went down a bit since I checked but imo I think that's good news I bought a little bit under 2k and I swear everytime I see it drop it just resurges to a new height

2 or 3 btc(1,300 or 1950 USD) seems reasonable since the value of btc seems like it will keep rising; only issue is with the value rising so much one cant help but feel paranoia that its going to get so big that the number of people using it is just going to tank which ripples into the value dropping.
If you're able to survive without that 2k being fluid then this is a good investment, but definitely just expect this investment to magically grow. Watch the value and flow of the btc.

Once traction builds you won't need to be asking people to use LIR or anything like that, they'll be adding it themselves
We've been stable at 2k now, I'm hoping for 3 next.

I think once LIR can stabilize above ICO price it will really start to take off

I think this is a poor attempt at a halvening joke, the price halving

has staking started? I see the walls are starting to show up, is that the trump supporters?! building out walls?