>> People who dismiss usage of a cryptocurrency as a means of payment really don't have the long term picture of the currency in mind. Maybe. Currently Bitcoin

>> People who dismiss usage of a cryptocurrency as a means of payment really don't have the long term picture of the currency in mind. Maybe. Currently Bitcoin is not suitable for using it as currency or medium of exchange. Second layer solutions can help with the speed (10 minutes confirmation time) and throughput issues (transactions per second). That and the fact that it is not very user friendly makes it difficult to be used as replacement for fiat at this time.