I agree the concept and potential of bitcoin is endless. It is an international universal currency that is decentralized. The hardest part for bitcoin though is consumer education and the learning curve. Many people have heard of bitcoin whether it be in the news or from friends however they have little interest in it since they do not fully understand its use/potential. Even a lot of the companies that adopt it are just converting to fiat and use bitcoin for profit. For bitcoin to be successful it would need a major event like an ETF in the US stock market.
It used to be decentralized, now is centralized.
Massive farms and a few pools made it that way.
A loads of people heard about bitcoin because it went from 10 dollars to 1100 dollars in no time.
Just a hand full of people became rich with little investment.
Since then everyone that bought bitcoin became a bag holder.
Now there is a bunch of unhappy people waiting for the next pump to get out.
Loads of scams, thefts,no prosecutions. (Karpelles showed everyone else the ropes)
In a real day to day use bitcoin needs at least 10 to 15 years to be adopted by the masses, and that will include the bank system to adopt it.
Karpelles said back in the day just before he stole around 500million dollars worth of bitcoins that Bitcoin was just an experiment.
But time will tell.