Comment on “Will Work for Bitcoin” Coder Says Most Using It as Investment VehicleparentComments−adrianwaj15y"A de facto currency is a unit of money that is not legal tender in a country but is treated as such by most of the populace. The United States dollar and the European Union euro are the most common de facto currencies."http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_facto_currencyBitcoin could become a world de facto currency. A crypto one. That's the counter reality to the one you propose.−vannevar15ySo could Beanie Babies. Or comic books. Or baseball cards. Or tulips. Or any given penny stock. But they won't, and neither will bitcoin.
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"A de facto currency is a unit of money that is not legal tender in a country but is treated as such by most of the populace. The United States dollar and the European Union euro are the most common de facto currencies."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_facto_currency
Bitcoin could become a world de facto currency. A crypto one. That's the counter reality to the one you propose.
So could Beanie Babies. Or comic books. Or baseball cards. Or tulips. Or any given penny stock. But they won't, and neither will bitcoin.