“such claims will likely see bitcoin struggle to gain traction beyond a tech-savvy and libertarian demographic.”
Uh, tech-savvy and/or libertarians as a class know better than to get within 100 miles of BS like bitcoin.
Really, I think the struggle will be to gain traction beyond the demographic of fools, you know, that group which is soon parted from their money.
The few that I know that fit the descriptions above and have some bitcoins in their possession, only got a small number of them early, at a minimal cost, for hands-on (not purely theoretical) research of the system.
I think the struggle will be to gain traction beyond the demographic of fools, you know, that group which is soon parted from their money.
The lyrics of the Beatles song I put in my first post end with "A fool and his money..." :~)