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> What does Bitcoin "becoming mainstream" look like specifically? Just like your desktop computer analogy, it looks like Grandma using Bitcoin in an everyday,

• bufferoverflow 4y ago
  Euro and Yuan are mainstream, but I haven't bought either in years.
  • oblio 4y ago
    Euro and Yuan don't claim to be the ubiquitous currencies in your region. Bitcoin would want to be that. Or at least that's what it was made for.
• danaris 4y ago
  ...which was so very obviously never going to happen.
  • phs318u 4y ago
    The original Bitcoin white paper mentions commerce (in the introduction) as the primary use-case and it does not qualify this in any way. But yes, in hindsight many things become obvious.
• zirgs 4y ago
  My mom knows what the Bitcoin is. She hasn't bought any and pays bills with euros instead.