贴个经济学人的博客来看看。大致观点为比特币现在为炒作，肯定继续跌，但电子货币还是有未来的，尚有很多问题需要解决。
WHEN America sneezes, the world catches a cold. And when China bans oddball alternative investments, they plummet in price. That is what has happened to Bitcoin, which has lost around a third of its value since last night, falling below $500 earlier today from a high of more than $1,200 earlier this month. (It is now trading at around $580.) The reason for the panic is that the Chinese state has stopped financial firms from dealing with Bitcoin exchanges, which makes it almost impossible for anyone in China to buy or sell Bitcoin for yuan.
The Chinese, it seems, are worried that people may be using Bitcoin as a way to take yuan—not yet fully convertible—out of the country. They may also have concerns about its more nefarious uses enabling gambling or drug dealing. Since the Chinese have been rather enthusiastic buyers of Bitcoin of late, that Bitcoin owners took this as a cue to sell is hardly surprising. On the Reddit Bitcoin forum, the administrators have posted details of a suicide hotline as the threads are inundated with people who put their savings into the new currency.
To be fair, the Chinese cannot really be blamed for the collapse. It has been clear for weeks the currency is in the midst of a huge speculative bubble. Speak to Bitcoin enthusiasts and it soon becomes clear that they while they think that Bitcoin will revolutionise online payments, they are mostly buying it in the hope of selling it off for a profit later. A few drug users aside, no one appears to be buying it as a way to buy things. Such demand could only reverse.
The price may well recover—it has before. But the fact that it took the Chinese state to prick this latest bubble does underline one of the contradictions of Bitcoin. However much its boosters say that it is a way of escaping the clutches of government, Bitcoin is actually spectacularly vulnerable to state intervention. It is, for the moment, perfectly feasible for any government to stop all but its most determined citizens from buying and selling Bitcoin, which in turn makes it valueless. Something for techno-libertarians to ponder.
网友评论2013-12-19 15:34
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网友评论2013-12-19 15:39
自问自答忘换号了。。。
网友评论2013-12-19 15:43
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网友评论2013-12-19 15:44
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网友评论2013-12-19 15:46
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网友评论2013-12-19 15:46
Reply Post by 莫比 (2013-12-19 15:32):
贴个经济学人的博客来看看。大致观点为比特币现在为炒作，肯定继续跌，但电子货币还是有未来的，尚有很多问题需要解决。
WHEN America sneezes, the world catches a cold. And when China bans oddball alternative investments, they plummet in price. That is what has happened to Bitcoin, which has lost around a third of its value since last night, falling below $500 earlier today from a high of more than $1,200 earlier this month. (It is now trading at around $580.) The reason for the panic is that the Chi..
