Should we make Bitcoins the global currency?

Bitcoins are certainly an interesting idea. Some people use them now. I don't think they will become a serious currency though.

Bitcoins may be backed by math as you say, but we presently don't have a proof that the functions they use to generate the coins are one way functions, or that there cannot be a cryptographic break which would enable someone to generate many Bitcoins with a small amount of computing power.

Two things.

One, being backed by math is not sufficient to be a currency. I don't want to take my coins and be given... math.

Two, if the code is open source, what is there to stop me from running it in a way that wasn't intended in order to produce trillions of bitcoins?

This does not have what a currency needs to become, well, a credible currency.

I don't know much about Bitcoins but I don't think it's something most people could trust.

I like the idea of bit coins- for electronic transactions- however I don't like the idea of a single world reserve currency. I would rather see bit-coins compete with commodities, and other currencies.

Bitcoins cannot be counterfeited?

Your ignorance is showing.