Your statement that most "People" with bitcoins don't use it as currency, only as speculation.
Forbes analysis showed Silk Road did $22 Million selling 10,000 drugs. Marijuana last year in the US was a $6 Billion trade for one drug.
You are the one postulating Bitcoin is a highly used currency (and not simply just a speculation commodity) so you offer us the evidence. Where is this exchange of goods and services happening and what are the dollar figures?
If the onus was on me to prove my point on speculation I think the volumes of buys and sells on MtFux is good evidence. I doubt those $100k trades I see are people buying houses or converting their home sales to cash. Show me your facts.
You don't think that very large buys/sells of bitcoin could be people moving their funds in a less traceable manner. Perhaps a few cypriots getting TFO of a falling airplane, and then getting back into the market with a more stable currency? That's not speculation, that's using a currency.
And again, your statement was that most people using bitcoin are speculating. But your argument only supports the idea that most bitcoin is being used for speculation. Those are two VERY different ideas, which is what Ashley was pointing out.
Most bitcoin users ALSO use it as a currency. However, most bitcoins are not necessarily being used as a currency.
Words matter.