I see Bitcoin as Digital Gold and a store of Value. There are a lot of folks that are associating price of Bitcoin to its usage, primarily spending in BTC. This will be an imp component ONLY when we start getting paid in BTC - or make money in BTC - then we can expect to spend in BTC. Why would 'anyone' buy BTC in USD to spend BTC - why would you buy something in digital Gold.

I think the focus 'globally' should change to getting paid in BTC then the real usage/spending will come into play.

BTC as store of value is the most imp component. So I would never spend BTC but would do it to save on all transaction fee etc ONLY if were to start getting paid in BTC.

Dear Maidsafe team -

I think developing the entire ecosystem is great but I think for the investors in Maidsafe, the best approach would be to split the project into 2 components -

1. Decentralized Storage - This could be leveraged by companies that have current applications and would utilize only the storage layer of maidsafe. This will give an opportunity for companies to explore the decentralized storage part of maidsafe and build apps on it using their existing technologies, web sites accessed by current web browsers etc. This would be huge from business standpoint and could lead to interesting partnerships for decentralized, secure storage.

2. The second part of this project should include developing SAFE web sites, accessed by SAFE browser etc etc. The second component is essentially developing the entire ecosystem (for anyone interested).

I think the stand alone decentralized storage component of this project has huge potential on its own and should be marketed/pitched separately. It should not be clubbed with the entire ecosystem development as it may turn back a huge market.

Just a thought.

Again, I am non-technical so if I am not making sense, please ignore. I just think that the decentralized storage part of this project is a multi-trillion dollar opportunity in itself.

Just a question - I am non-technical but really like the concept from all that I've read. I think there could be something big here. I have a few questions though -

If an enterprise or an entity does not care about all of Maidsafe UI tools, peruse browser and all the other front end stuff - can they just use the Maidsafe storage layer using the safecoin just like Storj or siacoin and use only maidsafe's decentralized, secure storage system?