I am not dismissive of the problem nor of BitCoin's potential. I am dismissive of you comparing BitCoin to some of humanity's greatest achievements like it has actually earned such a distinction. Maybe someday it will. Until then do not dare to put BitCoin in the same league as emancipation or women's suffrage.

Good grief. That is the most offensive thing I've read on Hacker News in ages. That you would even consider drawing the parallel is nauseating regardless of how you qualify your forward-looking statement. Simply by mentioning it you have already made the assertion and you know that. You are not stupid and you did it on purpose.

Disruption of currency will NEVER be an achievement for humanity on the scale of ending the suffering of a gender or a race. That opinion is seriously flawed.