Now that the return of Bitstamp has proven not to boost the market in any way, i think its safe to say that even big players now realize it's done and only going down from here.
I think the return if Bitstamp was the only thing that could have boosted the value a little.
Why do people keep talking about 'but the fundamentals dare there', no they are not, that's why we have 200 altcoins that are almost every one of them better than bitcoin in at least one aspect.
Bitcoin has a fail mining approach, PoW.
Bitcoin mining is centralized.
Bitcoin has failed distribution.
Bitcoin has slow confirmations.
Bitcoin development has practically stopped.
Bitcoin blockchain is bulky, its 30gb how much if it would be adopted, impossible to sustain.
Most bitcoin transactions are of criminal nature.
Please tell me why you invest still?
Colored coins? Not going to happen.
Side Chains? Not going to happen.
EFT? Not going to happen.
Enlighten me oh holy permabulls.
I'll bite:
Bitcoin has a fail mining approach, PoW.
--> Not true. Thanks to PoW Bitcoin also has an incredibly invested ecosystem which keeps it more faithful than most of those alt-coins with supposidly improved systems. Not to mention that PoW actually does work, and will be even more important in the future.
Bitcoin mining is centralized.
--> It was always expected to become centralized to some degree. Besides- don't you want professionals confirming transactions? The hobbyiest was necessary for bootstraping the network, not forever.
Bitcoin has failed distribution.
--> bogus
Bitcoin has slow confirmations.
--> this has been discussed, not a problem.
Bitcoin development has practically stopped.
--> also not true. Its just very slow considering how much money depends on it. Gavin has posted recently about the new block sizes coming and have you not seen the 10 candidate release?
Bitcoin blockchain is bulky, its 30gb how much if it would be adopted, impossible to sustain.
--> So is your mother.
HAHAHAHA. Sorry I had too. You don't need to run a full node- you can always prune if it's a problem.
Most bitcoin transactions are of criminal nature.
--> bogus.
Please tell me why you invest still?
Colored coins? Not going to happen.
--> They are already happening.
Side Chains? Not going to happen.
--> They are already happening.
EFT? Not going to happen.
--> Well that will be easy to prove. Lets see- 2015 will be just as dramatic as always in bitcoinland.
On Graham's Hierarchy of Disagreement, I'd say you're somewhere around the pink/orange zone. Do continue.