In a first, Bitcoin value tops that of Gold

Bitcoin is ghetto and nothing other than a means of circumventing traditional means of employing currency.

Bitcoin will not be long lasting. Neither will Facebook. I give both about 12 years before imploding and going the way of MySpace...virtually unused.

The more banks & Governments attempt to wrestle control of cash money (including removing paper currency larger than 20,50 or 100 dollar notes) away from users & instead make everything electronic (it's already happening where cash is not accepted in some european countries) then bitcoin will be far from finished

This article intermixes grams and ounces as if they were equivalent. They are not. A gram weighs only 0.035 oz approx. So a gram of gold has a very different value to an oz of gold.

The newsworthy item only works if you stick to ounces. A bitcoin outstripped a gram of gold a long time ago. Perhaps for ever.

It's a typo as 1 gram of gold isn't $1270 US an ounce is.Seems watching the tv show gold rush is educational after all

Crime does pay. :)

Originally posted by hearme0:

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Bitcoin will not be long lasting. Neither will Facebook. I give both about 12 years before imploding and going the way of MySpace...virtually unused.

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lol

Originally posted by scorpNZ:

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The more banks & Governments attempt to wrestle control of cash money (including removing paper currency larger than 20,50 or 100 dollar notes) away from users & instead make everything electronic (it's already happening where cash is not accepted in some european countries) then bitcoin will be far from finished

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I agree that non-government currencies have a strong future if governments refuse to treat their own currencies with respect. However, I don't think bitcoin has a long future. It is sort of the standard at the moment and will probably continue to be for a while. However, it is slow and won't be getting much faster...in fact it will probably slow down. This is fine for mail-order but is less than ideal for buying a coffee or something. Right now there are a lot of alternative cryptocurrencies and it is hard to say who will eventually win out but it is at least reasonable to think that the eventual victor(s) will be one(s) that people are able to use on a day-to-day basis the same as a credit card or paper money.