> I see bitcoins as the storage of value, but not method of payment.

If this comes true, the bitcoin system is in trouble. Block reward is down to 25 bitcoins a block. It will half one more time then no more money for mining, it'll all be through transaction fees.

If people are just storing bitcoins and not using them, there wont be enough transaction fees and lots of miners will drop out, making the system more vulnerable to takeover by government or malicious miners.