Nice post-- and very encouraging!
It's interesting that BTC and other cryptos will gain widespread acceptance outside the US first... in another ten years, places accepting Bitcoin will be as commonplace as places accepting PayPal today... remember how resistant people were to PayPal, in the early days? It won't be long... for me, the question mark remains the alt coins... how will any one(s) of them differentiate enough to become BIG, vs just an investment vehicle for fringe dwelling investors?