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We place our trust in financial intermediaries because they have made costly investments over time to engender that trust. Processing payments on a blockchain essentially avoids these costs.
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From the time Bitcoin was introduced, it faced ridicule, disgust, smears, and anger. Incredulity would naturally greet a technology that achieved something never before thought possible.
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There are many intermediate cases where Bitcoin has value for specific applications, without “replacing” the dollar, gold, or any other major underpinning of the global financial system.
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Mass adoption of cryptocurrencies is unlikely to take place unless there is “significant monetary instability” or “government support” (fat chance, at least with bitcoin).
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There will probably be a downturn at some point. But we can expect that the most functional cryptocurrencies will remain.
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There’s a lot of talk about bitcoin futures markets these days. And for good reason.
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Banning Bitcoin might have the unintended consequence of causing the average citizen to think a lot harder about why governments have a monopoly on currency in the first place.
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Forget about the price of Bitcoin. The value of digital currencies should be measured in economic freedom and opportunity.
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The price of bitcoin has soared and many are left scratching their heads.
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Why do some commentators, all smart and competent economists, investors, and journalists, reach such vastly different conclusions about Bitcoin and blockchain technology?
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We should not delude ourselves with notions that our small enclaves of devotees of this or that new technological miracle will make us invulnerable to government coercion. They will not.
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