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Really? You have accurate enough information about the prevalence of holding cryptocoins on HN to throw around numbers?

Major movie theaters and other retail stores in Phoenix, Arizona, accept bitcoin. It may not be 100% mainstream yet, but crypticurrency is going to explode in a big way

As a customer, why would I want to use Bitcoin (instead of, e.g., a credit card) at a movie theater (or at any other type of shop)?

For the of the thrill of not knowing how much actual spending power you have from one day to the next?

I can't say whether you're right or not, but your comment caused me to laugh out loudly enough that people at Starbucks looked over at me. Thank you.

Forgo a pizza a few years ago and end up with $20MM

While I do agree that crypto-currencies might be a bit overblown, if you're right at 2% if HN readers having them, I'm actually more inclined to believe the OP is right. That's a lot of people.

To me though, the only thing crypto-currencies currently are good for is buying illegal drugs on the internet. There just isn't any reason to use them over regular money the rest of the time.