there are so many boneheads in this thread, yikes.

I'm not interested in that kind of adoption. It's not its time and there is no need to force it. Let Bitcoin unfold naturally.

Adoption will come as needed, starting from what is needed the most:
- store of value (take inflation rights away from the state)
- payments for illegal goods and services
- privacy, i.e. payments for things that are not outright illegal, but you don't want the thugs of the state to know
- payments to avoid theft, a.k.a. taxation in statespeak

Every stage will make the state weaker and the individual stronger. At stage k, the state will have been made weak enough to make stage k+1 viable.

SpaceHodler

Adoption. Pay for everyday things, use it as a currency.