From the article: "But in the long run, we're all dead, and Bitcoin might be too." Google "bitcoin is dead". Go on, I'll wait. Here I'll make it easy: http:/

From the article: "But in the long run, we're all dead, and Bitcoin might be too." Google "bitcoin is dead". Go on, I'll wait. Here I'll make it easy: http://lmgtfy.com/?q=bitcoin+is+dead http://lmgtfy.com/?q=bitcoin+is+dead They've been claiming that since at least 2011. The fact is that it isn't dead or dying. It's still 10x what is was worth in 2012. Currency markets move and when you have to trade one currency for another. We just saw the first real bitcoin xmas last month. With some big names accepting btc for the first time. Those vendors want their fiat and have to sell it on the market to cash out. That's one of many factors right now which includes government auctions of seized bitcoins. As adoption increases and more can be done within the bitcoin ecosystem it will stabilize.