The following article is definitely worth reading, but here is my take:
"Phase 5: Mass global consumer adoption starting in 2015."
Starting? What is the definition of starting? One can easily argue that it has already started. I believe that with significant contributions from the likes of DNotes it will take another five years before it is clearly apparent that mass global consumer adoption of digital currency has reached mainstream. The pre-requisite is that there must be one or more digital currencies that can be qualified as: trustworthy, stable, reliable, and conveniently available with excellent liquidity worldwide. That is what smart money is looking for. Let us know if find a potential candidate that is positioned to be qualified.
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Posted by Fred Marion+ - June 24, 2014
Bitcoin’s ‘Wall Street Phase’ just around the corner"Since the day I learned about bitcoin, I’ve been convinced that it will replace a large segment of gold bullion investors. I feel like I’ve gotten validation for that thesis on the heels of Peter Diamandis’s announcement that he swapping some of his gold investments for bitcoin.
The famed entrepreneur is best known for his creation of the X prize and as the cofounder of the Zero-Gravity Corporation (an aerospace company that operates weightless flights for researchers and tourists). In a blog post on bitcoin Diamandis argues that the currency will do for money what email did for communication. He also lays out what he sees as five phases in the development of digital currency (much of which is based on comments from Second Market founder Barry Silbert).
Peter Diamandis’s Five Phases of Bitcoin Adoption
Phase 1: Bitcoin’s “deceptive, experimental phase” from 2009 to 2011.
Phase 2: The early adopter phase from 2011-2012.
Phase 3: The venture capital phase from 2013 to mid-2014.
Phase 4: The Wall Street Phase, which will be marked by “institutional money acknowledging digital currencies as an asset class,” from mid-2014 to 2015.
Phase 5: Mass global consumer adoption starting in 2015.
Diamandis believes we are smack dab in the middle of phase 3 right now. If that’s the case, expect the value of bitcoin to surge in the coming years. It makes me wish I had more money to invest in bitcoin. Once the broader gold-bug community and hedge fund mangers see value in the currency, it could forever change people’s definition of hard assets."
http://crypt.la/2014/06/24/bitcoins-wall-street-phase-just-around-corner/