While bitcoin is a better money, it will never solve the problems caused by money. Since money has always been nugatory, the transformation of the concept into mere information will begin to erode the superstition and false authority it has enjoyed for this latest period of humanity's history. Further, in tying its production to something physical and measurable, we will begin to understand the benefits of a true energy and resource based economy. The greatest gift of this new technology is the real-time global consensus mechanism that will pave the way for the global participatory collaboration we must enable in order to implement a resource based economy. I encourage you to investigate this and related ideas at the following sites.
http://www.thezeitgeistmovement.com
http://www.thevenusproject.com