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comment by b_b
b_b  ·  4012 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Five Lessons From Bitcoin

    There are a lot of legitimate reasons to be skeptical of BTC, but I see so many articles that oddly fixate on who is using it for what, and dismissing the value based on that. Innefectiveness via guilt by association. Weak.

Well that's what is driving the 'value' at this point. Even if you think that there is something worthy about a digital currency generally, it is impossible to use Bitcoin either as a currency, a store of wealth, or a viable exchange medium if its price is being inflated--and constantly changing--due to nothing other than heavy speculation. That is a huge part of the problem, and it is independent of the ideology underlying it.