That simply isn't true. BitPay, just one bitcoin payment processor, is processing for over a million dollars worth of merchandise per day [1]. That's real peopl

That simply isn't true. BitPay, just one bitcoin payment processor, is processing for over a million dollars worth of merchandise per day [1]. That's real people buying real stuff. I suppose you could argue that several million dollars a day doesn't amount to a "huge role," but let's not pretend that it's just hype and mining. [1] http://www.coindesk.com/bitpay-now-processing-1-million-bitcoin-payments-every-day/ http://www.coindesk.com/bitpay-now-processing-1-million-bitc...