I'm not saying Bitcoin can't return and maintain these levels in the future but right now this price is not sustainable. Moving forward there is going to be a division within the Bitcoin community as the redlists or blacklists are introduced as this is in opposition to the core of Satoshi's ideal. This division will see some people remaining loyal to a Bitcoin that sells out to establishment pressure while others embrace altcoins that stay true to the principles of individual freedom, decentralization, and deregulation.
If the objective is to further the dream of Satoshi and to grow wealth, the path now is clearly that of the altcoin.
How exactly do you think that altcoins are more decentralized than Bitcoin? There is no proof that the bitcoin community is divided into redlists and blacklists.
In bitcoin, no-one stops you from using a pseudonym, you can have as many identities as you wish and for the most part you won't have to go through a single central point to do what you want.
Satoshi's vision was already violated when GPU mining became a thing. According to his own posts.
When I think of altcoins that have no reason for existing I can only think of greed, not some idealistic vision that is shared by Satoshi.
I see a lot of potential for bitcoin to reach and surpass $1000 dollars per BTC, it will, then inevitably drag all the altcoins with it as their values are largely set on bitcoin. Two great currencies like Bitcoin and Litecoin can control each-other and when bitcoin becomes wide enough, people can make their everyday purchases of food and other stuff with litecoin and their big purchases with bitcoin. That is a pretty ideal vision of the scene. An altcoin such as SXC is not apparently easy but it is a very interesting way to measure the market cap of sex-related things. If there was wide enough adoption of sexcoin it has the potential of keeping us more anonymous. I see a bright present and I predict a bright future for BTC and LTC.