I think the speculators lost. Those of us who actually use bitcoins for transactions simply got a bit of free money out of the rise and knew to hold off until t

I think the speculators lost. Those of us who actually use bitcoins for transactions simply got a bit of free money out of the rise and knew to hold off until the exchange came back to reasonable levels. I still like bitcoin for what its good for and think that its real uses will keep it around for some time, whether the mainstream adopts it or not.