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I am reminding you guys some relevant facts:
1) Paypal is accepting bitcoins
2) Bill Gates declared to be a bitcoin fanboy, very interested in its technology. (So bad he can't own it! Ha)
3) A bitcoin ETFs will be launched soon in Wall Street.
4) SecondMarket is a bitcoin trust with over 70Millions in investments.
5) Pantera Capital has been dealing in bitcoins since the beginning.
6) Even if you don't like it, companies offering user friendly insured wallets popped up in our ecosystem such as Xapo and Circle. Both have substantial investments behind and their products are quite impressive.
7) Assholes such as Butterfly Labs and MtGox are gone. Amateur time is over.
It's wonderful that Bill Gates thinks it's an interesting technology. He also thought the segway scooter would change the world, but how many people do you know who own one of those?
Let me add another point, which is the most important of all:
8 ) For as much as people think it's an interesting idea or "cool" technology, nobody actually has any use for bitcoin, other than gambling and speculating. 99% percent of holders are doing it in the hopes of getting rich, which is precisely the reason that they're excited for the ETF, because they hope it will provide another chance for "greater fools" to buy in, but in reality nobody really cares outside of this community, and the ETF adds ZERO utility to the protocol.
