My post here is more of a question or summary I suppose, but in considering what it would take for bitcoin to die, there is of course the concept that people stop finding interest or value in it. But have there not already been a whole bunch of different circumstances in the news that would have already taken a strong shot at bitcoin's viability:
Different scenarios that threaten bitcoin- A hack and theft of a major exchange - this obviously happened with Mt. Gox. And while it is an unfortunate issue, bitcoin's price has clearly recovered. And of course there are more secure ways to store bitcoin (wallets) so holding on an exchange should not be something that people do regularly.
- Negative news - there has been a ton of this. The Silk Road issue and different forks. I am not crazy on the forks happening, since it can be confusing for a user who is not aware of bitcoin. But even with these the price continues to climb. And even if one of bitcoin or bitcoin cash were to be killed off, then it could just represent non-usage of the failed version, and the other version would have continued usage (assuming that the entire ecosystem continues to be used).
So while people buy more because the price continues to climb, more people can buy more because the price continues to climb, and so on. And then the finite element of it comes into play and allows bitcoin to be a viable store of value. So people not wanting to invest in it anymore and not holding anymore or valuing it is one of the only ways it could not succeed?
I suppose there could be a big sell-off from a major holder which triggers more and more selling. But then that would entail the major holder wanting to cash out when it would be in their interest to keep holding and allowing the price to have a continued chance to rise.
Any thoughts? Am I on the right track?