Just finished watching. Really thought provoking stuff. The challenge for crypto right now is it's not easy and convenient enough for the mass market. There's obviously massive, massive potential, but it needs to be packaged and marketed very well. Only then will billions of people come in, and give us power over the governments.
There's no shortage of talent on the engineering side, but what we really need a master marketer to take it forward - kind of like Steve Jobs. There were smartphones before iPhone, media players before iPod and tablets before iPad. But no one did it quite as simple and convenient as Apple. Often at the expense of features and power, but ultimately, for the mainstream audience, convenience wins over all else.
So, we need applications that are simple and easy. Steemit is an awesome first step - the first app that can really be sold to the mainstream, but it's still not quite as easy as Facebook or Reddit. I'm sure it'll get there though.
On the Bitcoin/currency side, we need something as easy as PayPal. Bitwalas and the like are promising, and I think this is happening soon.
RE: Why Steemsters and Bitcoiniacs are Really on the Same Side - PiedPiper's video chat with BitcoinMeister