There are now more than 200k pending Bitcoin transactions
You'll notice the entire Bitcoin community has changed tone.  It used to be "this is the currency of the future, down with cash/Visa!" but now you hear "Bitcoin is not a currency, it's a store of value".<p>The wild price swings, slow transactions, high fees, and loq merchant acceptance make it complete garbage as a currency.  But as a store of value, none of those arguments apply.  It only has to compete with gold bars, which are crappy in their own ways.