It's just a bit funny you mentioned stableness.
Take a look at this:
The hryvnia lost 34 percent against the US dollar after the head of the central bank signaled it can no longer support the currency with regular interventions and will allow greater fluctuations.
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http://rt.com/business/229607-ukraine-hryvnia-free-fall/The rouble has lost more than half its value against the dollar this year, hit by cheaper oil and Western sanctions.
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http://www.bbc.com/news/business-30492518The Swiss Market Index (SMI) is in free fall after the Swiss National Bank (SNB) has stopped defending the Swiss Franc. After the unexpected, shock announcement by the SNB, the SMI lost some $100 billion in value.
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http://www.cosmopolis.ch/english/politics/e0017400/smi_in_free_fall_e01740000.htmFindings of the Corporate Commercial Bank audit are, speaking mildly, actions incompatible with the law and best banking practices. Missing, and most likely to have been destroyed in the days before conservatorship, is a material credit record of a credit portfolio amounted to 3.5 billion lev out of a 5.4 billion lev total loan portfolio
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http://www.forbes.com/sites/francescoppola/2014/07/12/the-curious-case-of-the-bulgarian-bank-runs/
This graphic shows why Cyprus could not bail out its banks.
The deposits by Bank of Cyprus and Laiki Bank are too large for the small country with only €19.3 Billion GDP to bail out, especially considering the €15 Billion in debt they already have. Instead they asked for €17 Billion from EU/ECB to finance the broke Government and bankrupt banks.
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http://demonocracy.info/infographics/eu/cyprus_crisis/cyprus_crisis.htmlSo the question would be, would bitcoin fare any worse? As we can see, not only bitcoin has volatility. Everybody selecting to use bitcoin are pioneers, and as pioneer-work goes, there's risk and uncertainty associated with it. When something's "safe" - everybody will be using it, no questions asked.
Bitcoin is working well, and is being used in a thriving economy.
Bitcoin number of transactions pr. day is rising, which is a good sign:
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https://blockchain.info/charts/n-transactions?timespan=all&showDataPoints=false&daysAverageString=1&show_header=true&scale=0&address=
