This Company is 3D printing Bitcoin POS Terminals.  Should have over 100 terminals in merchants hands within the next several months.  Seems like Bitcoin could be about to take off even more:

http://3dprint.com/36781/bitcoin-3d-prints-pos-terminal/

Here is a much more accurate look at he contour crafting concrete 3D Printing discussed here:
http://3dprintboard.com/showthread.php?1119-3D-printed-Concrete-House-Under-24-Hours&highlight=concrete

No doubt this is the future of building.  3D Printing is the future period!

Bitcoin is a clear example of the chicken and Egg riddle.  There is already about $12 billion invested into the platform of Bitcoin.  Thousands of merchants are accepting it, and it has almost gone mainstream from a "I heard about it" standpoint.  The structure is building, and thats something none of these other coins will ave.  You never heard of a major retailer accepting another coin.  That's because if they were to accept a cryptocurrency it would be BTC first, and as more and more retailers start accepting BTC it strengthens its position even more.

Either BItcoin succeeds and is easily the winner while some altcoins may be worth a decent amount, or Bitcoin fails and all altcoins will pretty much fall with it.  If Bitcoin was to fail, the confidence would be lost for all the other cryptos.  There is no way another crypto will simply surpass BTC.  it's all or nothing for the industry, and its led by Bitcoin.

Check this post in 3-4 years and I am 99.98% sure it will be correct.  

Idea.me, a major South American Crowdfunding platform which is growing quite fast has announced this week that they now will accept Bitcoin as a method of funding.  Hopefully this trend catches on.  Kickstarter next??

http://crowdfundingforum.com/showthread.php/9473-First-Major-CrowdFunding-Platform-to-Accept-Bitcoin-Idea-me

Guys, I am new here, and considering investing a nice chunk of my portfolio (10-20%) in bitcoin. I have several questions:

#1 How does the government treat BTC gains tax wise?  Are there rules in effect?  Are capital gains the same as a stock sale?
#2 Whats the best method to go about buying bitcoin in the US?  Coinbase, or is there a cheaper marketmaker?
#3 Has anyone tried doing technical analysis on BTC prices, and if so has it worked?