Argentina, Venzuela, Russia, Ukraine, Sudan, Belarus... I haven't done the math, but we are probably talking about a couple of hundred million. If they all adopted bitcoin, it would probably become the 5th or 6th currency by people using it in the world.
>Even the most mismanaged government manages its currency.
Governments don't manage currencies.
>No one is managing bitcoin,
No one managed gold when all currencies were gold backed and it did not see bitcoin's price volatility.
>it's price reflects the volatile market whims of a cryptocurrency backed by nothing but computation and beset by fraud.
I know what a Central Bank is and how they are supposed to work. Check this out: Who owns the Federal Reserve? [1]
>As the nation's central bank, the Federal Reserve derives its authority from the Congress of the United States. It is considered an independent central bank because its monetary policy decisions do not have to be approved by the President or anyone else in the executive or legislative branches of government, it does not receive funding appropriated by the Congress, and the terms of the members of the Board of Governors span multiple presidential and congressional terms.
If you include the very next paragraph, it is clear that the US federal government manages the Federal Reserve.
> However, the Federal Reserve is subject to oversight by the Congress, which often reviews the Federal Reserve's activities and can alter its responsibilities by statute. Therefore, the Federal Reserve can be more accurately described as "independent within the government" rather than "independent of government."
The 12 regional Federal Reserve Banks, which were established by the Congress as the operating arms of the nation's central banking system, are organized similarly to private corporations--possibly leading to some confusion about "ownership." For example, the Reserve Banks issue shares of stock to member banks. However, owning Reserve Bank stock is quite different from owning stock in a private company. The Reserve Banks are not operated for profit, and ownership of a certain amount of stock is, by law, a condition of membership in the System. The stock may not be sold, traded, or pledged as security for a loan; dividends are, by law, 6 percent per year.
Well, then we both know what we are talking about. Do governments manage currency? Yes and no. On paper they don't, in reality they have a lot to say about a country's monetary policy. However, if you look at the world's second strongest currency, the Euro, it's apparent that the European government doesn't have that much control.
>Even the most mismanaged government manages its currency.
Governments don't manage currencies.
>No one is managing bitcoin,
No one managed gold when all currencies were gold backed and it did not see bitcoin's price volatility.
>it's price reflects the volatile market whims of a cryptocurrency backed by nothing but computation and beset by fraud.
No, its price reflects the low volume.
>The volatility is not going away.
Nobody can predict the future.