It's hard to say 'Bitcoin is x'. Perhaps the Bitcoin/Cryptocurrency situation is a close repeat of the dot-com boom/bust/rebirth. Perhaps it's a close repeat

It's hard to say 'Bitcoin is x'. Perhaps the Bitcoin/Cryptocurrency situation is a close repeat of the dot-com boom/bust/rebirth. Perhaps it's a close repeat of Tulip Mania. Or perhaps it's a new category, and the rise of the next technology a decade from now will be a callback to what happened with Bitcoin. This'll all seem obvious in a year or three. For now, we speculate and wait.