You are assuming that the early adopters have any say in whether Bitcoin lives or dies.
Bitcoin simply cannot be controlled. Anyone who tries will fail...period.
even the guy holding 10% of all the coins? you cant be serious. there are 5 people holding at least 20-30% of all coins. they could do it any time.
You can't destroy bitcoin with the price , end , point , end.
Even if they control 10% each time they pull a stunt like that they lose a few of their coins , things can't go like that forever.
Bitcoin is already at the point where I don't want to use it as a currency and am thinking of moving to litecoin.
In order for Bitcoin to be usable I need to be able to buy a bunch without breaking the bank and not be afraid to spend them.
If the price of Bitcoin is too high it does 2 things:
1. Forces me to buy small amounts of BTC for a price that I simply can't afford. Buying "what I can afford" kills me in exchange fees.
2. Makes me feel like its too valuable to spend.
Contrary to what some people think, some people want to use BTC as it was intended...to buy and sell shit.
With that being said, everyone who engages in BTC needs to put their speculation hat on once in awile because of it's volatility.
the stupidity, it hurts.....
you don't have to buy whole bitcoins. if you have $500 to invest, buy ~0.7 bitcoins, if you have $5 to invest, buy ~0.007 bitcoins. if you have $0.05 to invest, buy a few satoshi.
Litecoin is not better than bitcoin in any way, and in my opinion litecoin is only used by daytraders and people who are too stupid to realize litecoin does not have any advantages over bitcoin and is just a cheap ripoff.
Bitcoin too valuable to spent? of course not, you can spent 0.005
BTC bitcoin to buy a coffee, who cares? In a few year you may pay 0.000005
BTC for a coffee, no big deal.
If you can afford to buy it in dollars, you can afford to buy it in bitcoins.
If you can't afford it in bitcoins, you can't afford it in dollar either. It doesn't matter if a bitcoin is worth $10,000,000 or $0.10