If what you say is true, and will be true in the future when Bitcoin goes more mainstream I wasn't making a prediction. I was just doing the math for bitcoin-a

If what you say is true, and will be true in the future when Bitcoin goes more mainstream I wasn't making a prediction. I was just doing the math for bitcoin-as-payment-technology plugging in what I think are reasonable values. I'd still rather give my %'s to Bitcoin companies than the banks This is a popular sentiment on HN and I'm not quite sure I understand it, but if Coinbase (or similar) companies get big enough the banks will just buy them.