Yeah, personally I think even something like an August release might not really be realistic.
Maybe Valve will end up releasing it sometime in September during EPL so they have an entire month to fix all the bugs before T1 tournaments move to CS2. Otherwise it will be pretty funny if they play on a build where there's crazy bugs and wallbangs and other things like that.
Nice to see the flashbang throw bug got fixed.
Also the buy menu now looks pretty cool (at least from the screenshots I've seen, still no access personally :'( )
That sounds like SaaS specifically. In any case, I agree with you, it sucks that you don't get to actually own a piece of software, even though I understand the benefit of a constant revenue stream for the developer so they can continue to push updates (and the second reason why they do it is probably preventing piracy, even though it's still a bit hit or miss - with Adobe CC it's still pretty easy, but Office now can't be cracked IIRC).
I think the best middle ground would be to do what Sketch does with their Mac app or what Photoshop used to do, where you pay a flat fee for the app in its current version, get a few free updates on top and then after some time have to pay again to upgrade to a newer version.
Well, technically, it is decent at being a currency even by your definition, just not in our society. I do think in something like a post apocalyptic world crypto would be a pretty good payment method, provided the technology worked to an extent where it would be possible to maintain.
I also refuse to believe it was invented to be speculative, I think it was basically a thought exercise to see if you could make a digital currency in a world where you can't trust anyone.
Though the fact that right now it's an unregulated currency that can be exchanged for regulated currency does allow for some pretty spectacular scams.