When it comes down to it, most of Bitcoin's problems tend to come from the interactions with the fiat system.
~$70 million of their problems came from their oh-so-clever 2-of-3 wallet implementation.
If not for "the fiat system" they wouldn't have a business (which, as I understand it, is exchanging BTC into fiat and back again).
Once you have bitcoins you shouldn't need to go back to the fiat system and all the problems that come with it.
Get real, Elwar.
I am not trying to be argumentative with you, but merely because you are making an attempt to detach yourself from fiat does not justify that others should engage in such efforts to make meaningful attempts in that fiat detachment direction.
Your proposal is just not realistic for a very large majority of folks who are not going to want to put so much of their financial future into bitcoin and such a likely to continue to be volatile situation.
My own attempt to detach from fiat is not just for myself but to prove that it can be done. And it can. My location or the infrastructure around me is a lot more difficult than it is for most people as I am in a foreign country where I do not even speak the language.
Sure, in places without the Internet it may be difficult. I defer to those places alternatives to Bitcoin.
Telling the first people with telephones that people will not want to invest in these expensive devices that can only be used to talk to a few people who also have telephones that they should just stick with the telegraph because a large majority of folks are not going to put up with such large hassle and expense with so few rewards.
Volatility goes away when those majority of people are using Bitcoin. And the fiat system will go the way of the telegraph.
You get me wrong, if you believe that I am suggesting that folks should not aspire to using bitcoin.
My criticism of your earlier post is the characterization that seemed to come through as "all people have to do is... blah blah blah"
There is a difference between aspiring and promoting something and acting as if it is easy for everyone to accomplish.
I stand by my earlier comment in the assertion that it is no easy task for folks to attempt to incorporate bitcoin into all or most parts of their lives.... Sure it is great for the infrastructure that people like you are willing to go through the extra efforts to push such ideologies, but don't assume that it is any kind of easy barrier for anyone that is less than evangelistic about bitcoin, such as you and some of the other bulls (sure I am a kind of bull myself, but I am not going to assume that using bitcoin is easy for folks).
Surely, we need to get a lot more bitcoin infrastructure in place before we begin to argue "all you have to do is... blah blah blah, bitcoin."