bitcoin will probably never represent a significant proportion of human wealth. However, it will probably remain useful for the next five to ten years as a cryp

bitcoin will probably never represent a significant proportion of human wealth. However, it will probably remain useful for the next five to ten years as a cryptographically strong way to pay for things outside of government influences. Silk Road is a pretty cool case in point. It will probably be replaced organically by a more useful form of cryptographic currency -- perhaps something that uses bcrypt or a similar Moore's Law-resistant hashing algorithm -- before serious deflation or broken hashes really start to come into play.