All good points. I do feel like the time scale for adoption of Steem could be MUCH faster than with Bitcoin (like you mentioned). Bitcoin was almost completely new to everyone, and the average Joe had almost no way to relate to what it was. Here, the average Joe probably doesn't care at all about how Steem actually works. All they see is a social media site (which they understand really well), and the possibility to get paid for things they were already doing (which they can appreciate REALLY well). If I were a betting man, I would say that user adoption is just starting to pick up STEEM (wink wink).