Bitcoin always makes me think of the tulip bubble of 1637[1] where tulips became more expensive than gold, and people purchased them as a speculative commodity.

Bitcoin always makes me think of the tulip bubble of 1637[1] where tulips became more expensive than gold, and people purchased them as a speculative commodity. [1]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulip_mania http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulip_mania