&gt;<i>Bitcoin is not this, of course,</i><p>Then why should I care about it?<p>&gt;&quot;<i>It&#x27;s a giant step in the right direction compared to the Federal Reserve.</i><p>The Fed system is far from perfect, but despite what the conspiracy theorists think, it didn&#x27;t spring out of some sinister idea; it&#x27;s the evolution of a complex financial system that has generated more wealth, for more people, faster, than at any point in history.  Those are facts that you&#x27;re up against when promoting Bitcoin, a system where some early adopters think they are going to hoard the currency until they get rich from it, because other people can&#x27;t obtain it.  Why would any outsiders buy into that system?  That&#x27;s the thing that some people can&#x27;t grasp; there is no reason whatsoever for your currency to be scarce. It should grow to match demand.