[pdog]

Blockchain and cryptocoin markets will probably grow the most in the next five years.

The total market cap for cryptocoins will grow from $50 billion today to $1+ trillion in the future.

[skynode]

Second this.

We've just started to fully appreciate the possibilities of the Blockchain particularly. I was reading some academic paper on analyzing and querying blockchain transactions and I found it absolutely outstanding. I'm also keen on seeing what large commercial projects are built on the Ethereum platform.

[chronic940]

Do you know how few people on HN even own any cryptocurrency? It's likely close to 1-2%. It's been like that for the past 5 years.

[rosser]

Really? You have accurate enough information about the prevalence of holding cryptocoins on HN to throw around numbers?

[ryanx435]

Major movie theaters and other retail stores in Phoenix, Arizona, accept bitcoin. It may not be 100% mainstream yet, but crypticurrency is going to explode in a big way

[gst]

As a customer, why would I want to use Bitcoin (instead of, e.g., a credit card) at a movie theater (or at any other type of shop)?

[mythrwy]

For the of the thrill of not knowing how much actual spending power you have from one day to the next?

[Top19]

I can't say whether you're right or not, but your comment caused me to laugh out loudly enough that people at Starbucks looked over at me. Thank you.

[bbcbasic]

Forgo a pizza a few years ago and end up with $20MM

[mabbo]

While I do agree that crypto-currencies might be a bit overblown, if you're right at 2% if HN readers having them, I'm actually more inclined to believe the OP is right. That's a lot of people.

To me though, the only thing crypto-currencies currently are good for is buying illegal drugs on the internet. There just isn't any reason to use them over regular money the rest of the time.