People don't care about your ideological struggle against central banks. Moreover: the entire idea many of you crypto-anarchists are proposing simply does not find any backing in the rest of society. The rational, cold-blooded part of society that is. Face it: people want stability and predictability, which Bitcoin both cannot deliver without widespread market manipulation (although maybe the ETF can play the role of central banker here?). This expected crypto revolution is only alive in your own head: it is not alive out there.
You didn't mention that the same crypto-anarchists are operating under the implied message that the 'stability and predictability' that is offered by the status quo will be thrown into absolute turmoil over the next decade.
The groundwork that is laid by these people today is very obviously meant to be an insurance policy when and if that happens.
The rational, cold-blooded part of society will have these tools available to them, in such a case.
Even if it doesn't work out, the speculation that has been played out to-date shows that this is one of the fundamental reasons to even have these currencies in the first place.
For the most part, these types of calls get drowned out in the marketing haze though.
That's just fine.
I'd also like to add that, if this were to happen and the insurance policy would need to be called on, hard metals will be moving through some unique times as well. Please consider reading these articles:
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/11/21/us-space-mining-asteroids-idUSBRE9AK0JF20131121http://www.wnd.com/2014/11/future-gold-rush-asteroid-mining/http://www.inquisitr.com/1634477/nasa-encourages-asteroid-mining-contracts-two-private-companies/Expect this to be starting up within the next decade as well.
