Bitcoin Address:  1ChGMGUJqxVSEJChCU7U7uQCjpMeoKuYAM

I have done this, however I do not know if it counts because it is with people whom I was doing business with and I paid for a project to be completed and when they came to deliver, I paid in bitcoin.  Does this count?

We sould be creating more ways to get more people to use bitcoin.  There is so much potential here, we just need the people to invite others and teach them about it. 

The wealthy avoid taxes legally through the loopholes in the system.  Bitcoin is a whole different ball game and there soon will be a team paid by the government to track bitcoin usage to be sure no one can avoid taxes using bitcoin.  I am not sure how they will do it, but I am sure they are working on it already.

I also have to agree that the security offered with bitcoin is the best reason to use it.  Some say that you could easily loose it by forgetting your address or keys, but that is the same with the money you have in your back pocket, you can loose that also.

I do not see the best source mentioned.  IMO, the best course would be earning it by offering a service of some sort.  That would be the best way to get it and get enough of it to make a difference.

My question since this post has been out, is how many people teach their kids about bitcoin?  If a child has an extra 2 hours to play on this  per week for 10 years, they have the ability to earn about $600 per year with bitcoin.  I think they should all be told about it.

How will this exactly kill the income tax?  I understand what is being written, however the income tax is still due whether or not it is collected from the door or not.  Not paying it will be considered tax evasion and that is not good.

I have to disagree, that it is supported by gold.  I say this because you need cash of some sort to trade into bitcoin and in order to spend it at most locations, you will need to transfer it back to your currency in order to use it everywhere, not the limited spending outlets now available. 

It is bad for business that this company is out. It is bad for bitcoin in general, for if a number of companies like this go out, then others will get scared and follow to collect while they can.  Just IMO

It all depends on what will happen with bitcoin in this time.  If the government does not try to step in and make a buck, then it will be great.  I doubt that the government will not step in at some point. 

I know there are a large number of them.  I am one of the sad souls who did not take it seriously and lost my whole wallet after I invested $1,800 into 100 of them a long time a go.  It happens and good luck to whom ever finds them.

Iwould have to say that this would be a good idea if someone would run it and not try to do what the banks today do and rip the customers off and loan out 10 times what they have in the bank.  I doubt that will happen, so BAD IDEA!

This is correct, however when you log into a VPS, your ISP is monitoring your activity, not that of the VPS.  Because of this, would you not be able to use bitcoin if your VPS is in a country where bitcoin is available?  I know for work, I have logged into VPS from another VPS for the purpose of repairing a computers settings remotely.

The issue I think people have with gambling is that the governments everywhere must get their cut.  If they do not, then they decide to make it illegal.  Just like alcohol and marijuana in the USA.  It is illegal because the government could not get their cut at first. 

There are laws in which this falls under, it is called theft and fraud.  The issue is that there are not enough information about the Bitcoin and not enough funds to help prevent bitcoin from being stolen.  As soon as a enforcement agency comes into play, then there will be issues and problems for these thieves.

The question I would then ask is what is the point of the physical money?  There si no need for it as long as people can access the internet in some way to use the money.  There is no need to use physical money, sop lets just change to digital currency. 

I am not thinking the original design will last forever, however I do think that the upgrades they will make to it as it moves forward will assist in it lasting for some time to come.  The way it sits now, I do not see it ending in my life time.

How are you determining whether or not something is safer that BTC, etc?  Biitcoin I though would be safer because there is no way to beat the system and take it.  Unles your account is hacked and such, there is not much of a way to loose it.  The same can happen to FIAT and all other coins.  Just wondering what basis you are using to make this statement.

I do not think that it would be possible for bitcoin to just disappear.  There are to many computers out there running small nodes making it almost impossible for it to just up and quit.  I do think that there could be a slowdown, but not a disappearance of bitcoin.