Exactly. Many like to focus on the shortcomings of Bitcoin (of which there are many, I agree). Some more even like to predict the 'death of Bitcoin' based on th

Exactly. Many like to focus on the shortcomings of Bitcoin (of which there are many, I agree). Some more even like to predict the 'death of Bitcoin' based on these. However we shouldn't ignore the fact that cryptocurrency is developing rapidly (hell, it's only 6 years old), and many obvious issues are being slowly but surely worked on (privacy, wallet security, energy consumption, mining decentralisation, sustainability and tx fees, microtransactions, contracts, scripting, etc.). As for when it hits mainstream consumer adoption, who knows. I'm here for the ride.