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Currency of the future. I've also been waiting on my second withdrawal forever.

Your withdrawing in your local currency, right? The problem is with Mt. Gox and their ability to give you fiat, not Bitcoin.

Yeah, and what do you think would happen to Bitcoin if all the exchanges vanished? How long do you think the Bitcoin economy can survive on its own?

The reality is that for the majority of its users, Bitcoin is not a currency; it is just a way to make payments in other currencies.

So it's like gold, but better.