If BTC makes it 10 years I think it would officially have "made it"..

[CryptoBjorn]

Some people think that bitcoin al ready made it.

It is so. Bitcoin did it, but I just wish I just can do daily groceries with bitcoin.

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[Shinpako09]

Yeah I think so. That only proves that bitcoin is really a long term investment if it reach 10 years and it is still alive. By that time i guess lots of people are really interested in bitcoin.

[27QVUTZj8rgZP1]

Yea, you've made it... Even I am already using it.

And that is something. 

[David Rabahy]

So, if Bitcoin indeed has "made it" then let's bump the version number to 1.0

[Mickeyb]

You can already see many mainstream media giving us huge attention and starting to acknowledge us. These are the same media that were always accusing us of being a ponzi and how we will just dissappear one day.

Yes, the declining price has worked in their favor the last 2 years. Now after we have seen this trend reversal, many of them are starting to scratch their head and wonder, maybe this thing is for real after all.

[Denker]

Ok so we have 3 more years to go to each the 10.
Right now the BTC user base is probably 1 to 1,5 million users and the value is ~$360.
How much more users and main stream media attention, growth in value etc. do we need to be fully accepted and being able to say "we've made it"?

[CoinHeavy]

Ok so we have 3 more years to go to each the 10.
Right now the BTC user base is probably 1 to 1,5 million users and the value is ~$360.
How much more users and main stream media attention, growth in value etc. do we need to be fully accepted and being able to say "we've made it"?

I'm curious about your estimate of 1-1.5 million users.  Although knowing for sure is impossible, have you read any recent, compelling research that suggests those figures are accurate?  Adoption is a critical metric to track but other than the figures self-reported by online wallet services with KYC barriers, it seems difficult to even venture a guess at a headcount.

[goinmerry]

Did bitcoin not made it since it was born? Having a value internationally is difficult to get. Try making something and try to sell it. Will it have a value just like that? It needs a lot more than that. Bitcoin did it when it was born.  That is still a success.

[Rubberduckie]

The fact that btc dropped to 250-300 and stayed in that solid range for many months proves it can be a stable"ish" investment.
At least more stable than it was spiking up and down like crazy everyday. As exciting as those days were it scared off investors.

I think it has already made huge steps and would say it has made it. I mean we have Atm cards now! wasn't even expecting
that this soon.

[TeamButtcoin]

people cling to all sorts of bad commodity investments and old technology for no good reason all the time, so of course bitcoin will still be around in 10 or 20 years. That doesn't mean bitcoin has 'made it', though

it's 2015 and people are still using Minix, there are still people posting to Tamagatchi forums, and there are still people snapping up new beanie babies