Bitcoin in 2012: By the Numbers

Bitcoin in 2012: By the Numbers

I posted this on /r/bitcoin, but this might be relevant here.It seems Bitcoin is moving from the innovator phase of the technology adoption lifecycle to the early adopter one. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technology_adoption_lifecycle The community and services around it is maturing. As long as it keeps it's "slow and steady" adoption, it may be able to find some mainstream adoption. But that will still take many years and will entirely going to depend on some vendors and markets accepting it. With acquiring bitcoins and some stability in the market due to volume, the only remaining question will be what can I buy with bitcoins?

Full article: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4995515