It is still difficult to acquire bitcoin for the foreseeable future, so more exchanges will become online to make it easier. There's source code for open source

It is still difficult to acquire bitcoin for the foreseeable future, so more exchanges will become online to make it easier. There's source code for open source exchanges floating around, so the barrier of entry is getting lower and lower over time. On the other hand, we have to be patient about goods and services coming online. The community grown a lot in the past few months but it takes a while for people to develop their goods and services and find their niche within the economy. The economy is small, so it's harder to make money as well. For example, I am just starting to gain back my investment on a niche magazine I made for bitcoin. After the website development is finished, I will be moving on to an ambitious video game project. Just to be clear, the bitcoin economy is very tiny. It's only about 4.4 million USD economy at best and the real value is probably much smaller.