The Bank Of England Just Said It Thinks Bitcoin Could Be Huge

[hodgson]

key innovation is not the digital currency itself — which is subject to wild fluctuations — but the "distributed ledger"

[Divinespark]

I think what the BoE said is that btc can disrupt BoE monetary policy
You can bet that BoE will not want btc to thrive and succeed

[minerpumpkin]

Didn't they stress that it could be used in a way to trade stocks or track the ownership of things, much like Colored Coins, and all those projects that attempt to do something like that? I think that this is something people may not have notices about Bitcoin. It can also be used to prove the existence of, say, a document at some point in time, by posting its hash on the blockchain.

[Daniel91]

The Bank Of England Just Said It Thinks Bitcoin Could Be Huge.

Very interesting statement from well known and respected financial institution.
I really hope that Bitcoin become globally accepted soon, and first choice for many ''big'' merchants as payment option.

[SpongeBTCants]

And it hasn't even begun.

[1Referee]

They have to look at Bitcoin at some point, it's here to stay.

If you can't beat your enemies, then join them.

[SOAD]

key innovation is not the digital currency itself — which is subject to wild fluctuations — but the "distributed ledger"

I think the genius of bitcoin is in both the coin/currency and the technology, though obviously the blockchain is what really makes bitcoin unique. The wild fluctuations are fiat's problem really.