No, casinos have the edge, it's almost never mathematically sane to engage with a casino.
I considered what would happen if something like bitcoin would become a global internet currency, and any way I sliced it, the upside was too huge not to try.
I don't think you're being creative enough with your slicing. Consider what happens when 90% of the primary world currency ends up concentrated with a few thousand - 100K people in the tech world and if that's really any sort of upside for the world.
BTC's deflationary nature appeals to type of people who enjoy getting in at the top of pyramid schemes (and then shouting down that anyone can bootstrap it too)--I suspect GP simply wishes he were one of the 100K.
First of all, I don't think 90% will get concentrated between just 100K people by the time cryptocurrencies actually do take over (and they will, in some form). And then I don't mind money being more concentrated among tech people, they are generally more rational and tend to spend on important things.
