Is too much investment killing Bitcoin?
The function of Bitcoin. Let me pose an important question: What precisely is it that we want Bitcoin to do? Is it a secure peer to peer transaction system as it was envisioned in 2009 or has it recently been forced to undergo a metamorphosis? Has Bitcoin now become something that its developers never intended it to be? Bitcoin, since its launch five years ago, has enjoyed massive publicity and has become widely accepted as a secure means of exchange. A cursory glance at the stats will show a tremendous success story but take a deeper dig into the figures and another tale begins to reveal....
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The expressed opinions in this article do not reflect those of Bitcoinist but of a guest writer. Bitcoin as an investment tool is an increasing topic of debate for spectators. It’s a clearly divisive topic that often leads to shiny new bitcoin obituaries reading, “Bitcoin is Dead!” or “Is This The End of Bitcoin?” To this date, Bitcoin has died 40 times. A site called Bitcoin Obituaries follows all the major times a newsgroup prints a story that talks about the end-times of bitcoin. It’s ridiculous. The latest article is “Why Apple Pay and Dollars are Killing Bitcoin,” by Forbes.
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