It only takes one APP or a very popular game to incorporate Bitcoin, to turn things around for this situation to change --> "
Despite this, the number of merchants accepting bitcoin is slowing and interest from
consumers remains below 50%. "
The amount of money going into developing a "Blockchain" replacement should also be noted in this statement. Ripple is not Bitcoin, it's a competing Alt coin. Let's be realistic and objective when we use the
word "Bitcoin" .... in my opinion it should only say "Crypto currency" investment.
The new buzz word in the industry is "Blockchain technology" not "Bitcoin technology" and this is not good for the Bitcoin community.