[bduerst]

The spotted insurance being provided for bitcoin is through private for-profit organizations, which unlike FDIC, has margins that come at a cost to the consumer.

There are "chargeback" solutions, which involve multi-sig escrow, but are not unique to bitcoin and thus not competitive.

This is why bitcoin can't be competitive - because consumers make the decision on what type of payment method to use and opt for the method that empowers them in case of fraud and accidents. Bitcoin isn't competitive by design, and no amount of proselytizing will change that.

[yc1010]

You see a problem I see opportunities for banks to have regular (insured) current account linked to bitcoin payment system giving the consumer the option to pay using bitcoin direct from their current account if they so wish.

Imagine a consumer instead of withdrawing €50 at an ATM with their debit card and then going for a drink in the pub. Instead settling their tab at the pub (or paying by waving their phone) using their phone with a bitcoin app

[etchalon]

And they couldn't do this with a credit card and Google Wallet/Apple Pay/Softcard, because?