People say that even if Bitcoin is not the future of currency, perhaps a future similar currency will be. But I think if Bitcoin loses the legal battle here, it

People say that even if Bitcoin is not the future of currency, perhaps a future similar currency will be. But I think if Bitcoin loses the legal battle here, it might be a lot harder for a future digital currency to get off the ground. If the US Government wins here (and gets help from other countries to stop it as well), the barriers to entry for a digital currency might be a lot higher later. Bitcoin's hope is to provoke a Wikileaks-level Streisand effect, so when the Governments go after it, it becomes 100x more popular and it gets a lot more support from the mainstream all over the world.