Gavin Andresen - 2011-04-28 23:08:18

(BTW this ignores the fact that banks have huge political influence and will support any political attempts to block the advance of bitcoin.)

I think there's a good chance (mmm... 65.3%) that within 4 years one or more of the largest 1,000 US banks will support currency exchange to/from bitcoin for their customers.

Why would bitcoin be a threat to banks?  They're really good at securely handling currency; that's a valuable service, whether the currency is dollars or euros or bitcoins.