Bitcoin, the best-known virtual currency, The cryptocurrency reaches an amazing value
The amazing increase of bitcoin was one of the great stories of 2017, and it is destined to continue dividing the opinions this year.
The price of the digital currency soared more than 1,300% last year, easily surpassing the returns of many traditional financial assets such as stocks, bonds and gold.
Although bitcoin has gained more acceptance in recent months, it is still the subject of much criticism. Its detractors warn about aspects such as the volatile price, the absence of assets that sustain it and the lack of regulation.

It's going to be more complex and nuanced in the end.  To quote you:

<i>"We are now transitioning out from being an underground movement of cryptographically secured, financial freedom and we’re now moving into a time where big players have their eyes on it and those who are a part of it.</i>

The big players that now have their eyes on it are also the very ones that will refuse to relinquish the control they currently enjoy. As the visibility of crypto increases, so to will the amount of energy the status quo expends to push it back. I'm inclined to think that they will eventually come into an uneasy equilibrium.

I guess price is as a result of the value placed on it. Most part of your write up is a little too complex for me.

Very interesting perspective, I liked this article a lot. Keep up the great work!

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Potential future value of bitcoin is virtually IMPOSSIBLE to determine at current time.  Depends so much on the evolution of the technology, in comparison to emergence of similar and competing cryptos that migh evolve faster

>these are the people we will need to educate and inspire in order to solidify the future of Bitcoin.

I totally agree, the people we need to educate are the masses that are yet to understand the reason Bitcoin was created in the first place. 

In as much as having the Government support Bitcoin will be a plus to the price, we run the risk of *centralization.* 

**Bitcoin is about decentralization and preach it we must.** 

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you might be interested in Eric Voskuil's viewpoints on this topic. https://github.com/libbitcoin/libbitcoin/wiki/Other-Means-Principle

Value versus Price is a very important thing to understand, if you are investing. Usually the price runs in front of the value, therefore people talk about a bubble. The bubble only bursts, if the value cant catch up to the price.
Bitcoin is a long way from adoption. The interface isnt really mainstream. Most people who came in December for the bullrun, didnt bother to take their bitcoins off exchanges. So I think we need the solve 2 main problems:
1. We need to have easy and memorable adresses
2. We need to have easy and secure private keys

If we have those, mass adoption can happen. I am betting on it and with Lighning Network there is some amazing technology ready to start... looking forward what else is going to come.

We need Aliexpress or Amazon that adopts Bitcoin to reach newer ATH..

The little problems that crypto/blockchain tech can solve that's what I'm excited about, banking the unbanked, lower transfer fees all that. Worldwide adoption including the governments of the world that's totally a different story but we'll see how it all goes.

bitcoin is come to stay I think... maybe one day it's kind of a world 'currency' like gold, who knows. If it should be centralized XRP will be supported maybe - if I understand the concept right 😊 @peekbit

The definition of value? "What a willing buyer and willing seller agree to in a free and open market" ..or something like that!

Hi Heidi !

Thanks a lot for your comparison!

I also do not think that Bitcoin will replace the USD or the Euro since those governments simple do not want an uncontrollable currency as their main means of payment. But that is exactly why I am invested into cryptos. Not only because of the price but because of the believe in freedom.

Value = Potential for humanity to rise above the challenges while creating new paradigms of wealth and expression.

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This revolution will not happen because of us in the west who currently enjoy full banking privileges.  It will happen because the other 5.5 billion people on the planet who've been excluded from the financial system with KYC (Know Your Customer), AML (Anti Money Laundering) and CTF (Control of Terrorist Financing) adopt decentralized tech which will cause an equity drain on all sovereign flag money.

We've become the new England and King George is back.  The rest of the world is about to experience it's 1776 moment in its independence from the USD.  Of course government will fight back, but their only real option is to turn off the internet.  The other option which is suppression of the population will only delay the change.

The result will be that sovereignty will be returned to the people of the world.  We will eventually all be earthlings, instead of Americans, or whatever...