The problem for people is that they don't know what money is, they just understand currency usage in the most practical way. You can't explain magic internet money to people without an understanding of the general concept of money and how it evolved over the course of history.
We'll see about the timeline, a lot of things can happen in five years. The Three Speak Network is doing some impressive work, looking forward to seeing that taking off.
Exactly. Only a cursory look at the range of monetary instruments in the traditional financial system should tell someone that money is far from simple.
hit them with this, and if they understand it - they're on the level to start to talk about crypto currency.