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Re:How bitcoin could fail. by gvb on Monday May 30, 2011 @08:56AM (#2599232)
4) The world collectively shrugs and says "meh".

This is alluded to in your statement "While it's potential minimum is 0 [...]", but isn't listed explicitly. (Miss)applying the Y-Combinator whiteboard, bitcoin is in the initial peak of excitement, it is yet to prove that it can traverse the trough of sorrow.

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Re:How bitcoin could fail. by contactdick on Monday May 30, 2011 @09:36AM (#2599333)
That's a good point. There is only so much demand for slogan t-shirts and llama socks.