Notoriety of bitcoin

[grondilu]

Yeah I know it's a stupid poll, since nobody could guess that. 
But I'd be curious to have an idea of how quick bitcoin users think this money could get famous.

PS.  I voted 2013

[chaord]

I think this is a great poll!

[FatherMcGruder]

Between 2013 and 2020, but that's me being really optimistic. Not because I think the black helicopters will come and shut Bitcoin down, but because I think that a lot of people will continue to support government backed currency. Old habits die hard.

[Anonymous]

When do you think Ron Paul will mention Bitcoin ? 

It would be funny if he did so while sitting in judgement of the Fed as chairman.

[MoonShadow]

Never.  In order for the President of the United States to mention "bitcoin" before 2020, there must be a United States.  When empires collapse, they also break apart.  This grows more likely the older I get.

[grondilu]

When do you think Ron Paul will mention Bitcoin ? 

Hum...  good question.

Because if he mentions bitcoin in 2011, and gets elected as PotUS in 2012, then technically the correct answer will be 2011, right ?

[kiba]

Never.  In order for the President of the United States to mention "bitcoin" before 2020, there must be a United States.  When empires collapse, they also break apart.  This grows more likely the older I get.

A mere 30 years after the collapse of the Soviet Union? Interesting.

[MoonShadow]

Never.  In order for the President of the United States to mention "bitcoin" before 2020, there must be a United States.  When empires collapse, they also break apart.  This grows more likely the older I get.

A mere 30 years after the collapse of the Soviet Union? Interesting.

I'm not the first to suggest such a possibility, and this is a long time coming.  Also, there is no evidence in the historical record that suggests that a nation as large as the US is long-term sustainable, anyway.  Texas even reserves the right to secede in their statehood documents, explicitly.  California is still a larger economy than Texas, but based on land mass, population or/and economic size; Texas would be at least as qualified to be a nation unto itself as half of the nations of Europe.