Basically the future of finance is less humane (Bitcoin is hard currency) and more unfair (Bitcoin is unfairly distributed). It is also not, in practice, distributed
I suggested on the bitcoin forums and devlist that currency minting be the square root of current block hashing power, this would be inflationary yes, but it would stabilize the currency and incentize mining (unlike current plans to reduce fees further). but you know, a hundred people who first heard of bitcoin through the cryptography mailing list either lost their bitcoins, or own combined a large percentage of bitcoins. inequality begets instability. the funny thing is that after the next block subsidy cut, a 51% attack would easily be committed. but if there's a major war, the world's internet connections will be disrupted, and bitcoin would probably die in areas in which mining is less than the biggest contiguous block of miners. Bitcoin is the worst currency to hold during WWIII, you literally cannot spend it until the world internet is repaired.