This does not contribute to the topic, but as my first post, I want to say that I'm truly amazed of the quality of this community. In fact, I think many contributers here are more serious than the players of the world economy. It's incredible that people like rpietila puts such an effort into the bitcoin economy, maybe even more than what they really need to earn money. What you are doing here is building the foundation for the future of the whole world economy, which will hopefully be much more fair and legit than what it is today. Bitcoin might not be the right cryptocurrenciy, but it will probably stay in use for a couple of years till this community has settled upon what to do next.

Thank you all for doing what you're doing!