I have some questions that I cannot answer myself so I invite you to post your opinions
1. Are we in a situation that needs only a spark to ignite a new rally? If so, what could it be? Buttefly effect?
2. If there will be rally, could it start by let's say August (~250 days after the last big one)?
3. Will the rally be less powerful (ie 2-3x price increase) than the last one, because not so many newcomers and also because many think it will be a huge rally?
4. Could the rally be bigger because now it's even more exposure of Bitcoin (USMS auction, press) and people know it's the best way to make some easy money?
5. Could we be at the saturation point of bitcoin usage by masses (my personal argument is that many people heard of bitcoin but very few afford or are interested to own)
1 - No one knows. BTC might be subject to threshold effect, or heavy market manipulation(GOX robots), and we might risk say this will happen, but its impossible to say WHEN it will.
2 - Could start august, next month, take 18 months to happen(like 2012, if I'm not wrong), or be totally different and takes more than two years to happen, or maybe will be a slow and steadfast increase. There is no way to know
3 - No way to know. There are many people that doesn't knows BTC, but also big barriers to them to enter bitcoin world, and too much FUD. For people not tech savvy and with the poor average economic knowledge, bitcoin seems like bullshit or scam.
4 - Could be either 3 or 4
5 - Will happen one day 100% sure, but its impossible to know what will be the stagnation point.