@feld @liaizon Yes, I really don't think bitcoin in its current form has much of a future. The PoS based coins will probably replace it, we'll see.
IMO: regulation is what the government/police force is for not payment processors. And you shouldn't not be able to keep cash in your house, if we want a "cashless society" then we need to handle all of the use cases cash provided for and one of those is keeping spare change in a mug on your bookshelf in case something weird happens.