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I think The Economist said it best: http://www.economist.com/blogs/freeexchange/2013/04/exchange-rates. As of now the Bitcoin economy is functioning like a micronation where all goods are imported and all jobs are offshored. Bitcoin merchants pay their suppliers in fiat (i.e., they "import") and pay their employees in fiat (i.e., their labor costs are "offshored"). No internal supply chain has developed.
In order to get the supply chain developed, I think the best approach is to promote BTC with B2C merchants and work backward and forward from there. As more merchants accept BTC, the incentive for their suppliers to offer their goods and services denominated in BTC will grow, as there are clear advantages for them to do so. So the economy grows from the B2C point back to suppliers. Also, more B2C points for consumers to directly spend BTC means less resistance from employees to accept paychecks denominated in BTC, so the economy grows from the B2C point forward to consumers.
In order to get the supply chain developed, I think the best approach is to promote BTC with B2C merchants and work backward and forward from there. As more merchants accept BTC, the incentive for their suppliers to offer their goods and services denominated in BTC will grow, as there are clear advantages for them to do so. So the economy grows from the B2C point back to suppliers. Also, more B2C points for consumers to directly spend BTC means less resistance from employees to accept paychecks denominated in BTC, so the economy grows from the B2C point forward to consumers.
Nice read, so the general gist I'm getting from the thread so far is that we should look into service providers in general since they are easier to access or create than raw material providers. A list of services that accepts Bitcoins in exchange for work rendered. Then seeing if people can find services that they do fairly well that aren't currently filled in yet in order to expand the options that 1 BTC can access. Retail products are fairly easy to get right now with things like Bitmit and Bitspend but services in general are still a bit limited.
