[d33]

Excuse me, but how much is it a Bitcoin problem as opposed to being a Bitcoin ecosystem problem? You can't blame Bitcoin for every problem with each exchange.

[eriknstr]

What good is Bitcoin if the ecosystem is bad?

[jknoepfler]

It's pretty handy for money laundering and buying/selling illegal goods.

[nicky0]

If everybody used bitcoin for everything, then there would be no need for exchanges, payment gateways and the like. This stuff is added cruft.

[hueving]

People can't use bitcoin for everything, the network can't support enough transactions per second for even a small city of people to use it for everything.

[M_Grey]

Any statement that begins with, "if everyone..." is a fantasy.

[tarancato]

If my granny had wheels, she'd be a bicycle.

[nicky0]

You could add some ham and it would be a sort of British carbonara.