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Re:A Prediction: Bitcoin Is Doomed to Fail by asperous on Wednesday November 27, 2013 @03:17PM (#6810827)
Personally, I don't believe in Bitcoin either, but one thing I was considering is that Bitcoin is usable as long as its value isn't 0 (though it might be incredibly difficult to use with fluctuations).

So the question is will it crash to 0? Seeing the price soar to 1,000 means that people in the future might always be willing to purchase it at some price, hoping that it will return to that level.

Though, as it stands I don't think speculation gives it credibility. People who believe that are creating the positive reinforcement cycle so common in economic bubbles.

Re:A Prediction: Bitcoin Is Doomed to Fail by fat0wl on Wednesday November 27, 2013 @03:35PM (#6810951)
this is the root of my belief as well -- that it is a speculative farce, but so long as it is above 0 it will continue to be in use.

Another poster made me aware of this joke that I think summarizes Bitcoin pretty accurately. http://www.getamused.com/jokes/pennystock.html

Only in this case it's not a single buyer.

Re:A Prediction: Bitcoin Is Doomed to Fail by vectorpush on Wednesday November 27, 2013 @06:21PM (#6811919)
Only in this case it's not a single buyer.

i.e. completely invalidating the comparison.

Re:A Prediction: Bitcoin Is Doomed to Fail by reginaldjcooper on Wednesday November 27, 2013 @09:48PM (#6812741)
That's not true, there could be multiple buyers and the punchline would just be, "to whom? there's only the three of you."
Re:A Prediction: Bitcoin Is Doomed to Fail by vectorpush on Thursday November 28, 2013 @12:13AM (#6813128)
That punchline would make no sense. The client would reply "to the market of two buyers".
Re:A Prediction: Bitcoin Is Doomed to Fail by reginaldjcooper on Thursday November 28, 2013 @02:12AM (#6813436)
that's right, I had a momentary lapse in judgement, sorry
Re:A Prediction: Bitcoin Is Doomed to Fail by hatu on Thursday November 28, 2013 @04:33AM (#6813798)
But a few days later the second person would sell and then we would be back at the punchline for the only remaining stock holder :)