How long have we predicted the impending end of Bitcoin? A dollar was a fad; at ten, a bubble about to explode; at one hundred, a Ponzi pyramid on the brink of collapse ...
Yet after five years of existence Bitcoin is still there, he made his way and every day that passes installs a little more on the web.
The erratic variations of the course may be spectacular, they do not jeopardize the project because, unlike most of its copies (a new per week on average), the value of Bitcoin lies primarily on the extent of its network : the number of users, minors and especially businesses that accept it. The price fluctuates, but the network progresses in a safe and regular way.
Add to this that new applications of the Bitcoin network are currently under study: litigation mediation, participatory finance, smart property, bonds with bond ... To learn more I invite you to read this article by Stanislas Marion published on Counterpoints .
I do not know what a bitcoin will be worth in six days, six months, or six years, but after more than three years of observation, I have no doubt about its durability. And even if another system eventually wins, Bitcoin is and will always be the first ever free and decentralized cryptocurrency. Is there only primacy to make a difference (there are many other things still), it is a quality of which no other system can ever prevail.