People are literally losing there shit over this
A lot of people are going to lose a lot of money trading (bag holders). If they haven't already. You have companies announcing there gong to get into bitcoin / blockchain and the stock goes up 200% - 300% then crashes. Leaving all the bag holders hoping it'll go back up. I see it all the time in the markets
NETE is a great example of that
For this digital currency to have any viability it's got to be a hell of a lot more stable. Imagine you're a store owner and you sold a TV for bitcoins. The next day that currency goes down lot. In effect he's lost money now. The currency has to marinate for a couple years imo.
Then you have Quantum computers just around the corner. It wouldn't take much for a quantum computer to decrypted a 128 bit encryption level. It would try every single combination at once given you had enough cubits. DWAVE currently has a 1000 cubit Quantum computer. The level of data you can go through is astronomical. Something that would take a conventional computers years to do, it would only take a quantum computer seconds. Digital currencies have lot of obstacles. Personally I'll stick to what work, the almighty dollar.
That's my 2 pennies