This seems quite an advertisement for bitcoin.<p><i>When?</i> and <i>Growing Utility?</i><p>Bitcoin has <i>decreasing utility</i> since the initial hype.<p>1. The few companies that accepted it are gradually stoping to support it (Microsoft for instance).<p>2. We have reached a standstill that shows every bit why highly unregulated systems are difficult to maintain (the miners care only about short term profit and are making bitcoin as a payment system unusable in order to secure short term profit).<p>3. Even great contributors for the project have come out against it lately explaining the total dystopian mess that is the bitcoin core team and exiting the project.[<a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;uk.businessinsider.com&#x2F;bitcoin-has-failed-says-developer-mike-hearn-xt-censorship-2016-1?op=1" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;uk.businessinsider.com&#x2F;bitcoin-has-failed-says-develo...</a>]<p>4. Bitcoins are in the hand of a very few people that own massive amounts of them (see blockchain.info top wallets) that seem to be going around trying their best to get a few remaining uninformed people to believe in the system long enough so that they can offload their bitcoins. [<a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.bitcoinrichlist.com&#x2F;top100" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.bitcoinrichlist.com&#x2F;top100</a>]<p>I see very few people trying to get into bitcoin and a see a great deal of somewhat high profile people trying to keep the hype going just a bit more so that they can recover at least part of their investment in a failed experiment.<p>Still, 2 good things came out of this in the end: the blockchain which is a great tool for a lot of projects; and an eye opener of what can happen for people that want the financial system to have even less regulation.