I've said it before and i will say it again. BTC is not for rich, well banked countries. I, like many people here, use it mainly for political reasons. Suggesting it is easier to use BTC than a credit card is just ludicrous. Got a friend to buy a couple recently. He has an old slow laptop with mediocre internet connection. Took 3 days to download the blockchain for gods sake.
BTC will come to fruition as it penetrates places like india. Like solar power, it enables people to use modern technologies without the need to spend trillions building up legacy infrastructure. Solar power is expensive if you already have a grid, it's cheap if you have to build power and transmission lines everywhere.
Things like the mozilla smartphone, combined with decent, secure online wallets for mobile, will revolutionise the life of the unbanked. Eliminating expensive cross currency fees will save billions.
So everyone here pat yourselves on the back. We got BTC to a place where it is taken seriously enough for people to start building the next wave of apps, apps for the unbanked. These apps are being built and rolled out now, they will take time to come to full fruition. Stop waiting to be made rich in a matter of months, those heady days are over. Sit back and expand your horizon to years. Those that maintain the faith will be rewarded richly. Those that spit the dummy because they thought they would get rich with no effort, risk or time involved, will miss the coming wave.