[Star Traveler]

I think this will go somewhere - like the article is saying about the beginnings of the Internet (especially with the advent of the web in the mid-1990s and it being allowed to be "commercial").

[I want the USA back]

What’s this fascination for something that’s really just a bunch of electrons?

This fad will fade as soon as the government figures out what it is and decides how to control, tax or eliminate it.

[Resolute Conservative]

Makes it easier for the government to control. Basically a mark of the beats scenario.

[Cowboy Bob]

I’m saving up my bitcoins to buy tulip bulbs.

[Sherman Logan]

Governments will never allow competitive currencies. That’s perhaps the strongest lesson of history.

[Star Traveler]

Another article saying that Bitcoin is simply a whacko “right-winger” dream ...

A Prediction: Bitcoin Is Doomed to Fail
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3097365/posts

[Star Traveler]

Bits and Bob [analysis of Bitcoin]
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3097370/posts

[grumpygresh]

What’s to stop another crypto-currency from emerging and popping the bitcoin bubble?
Converting cash or PMs into bitcoins seems just a bit risky; how can you be assured that someone isn’t giving you some bogus code?
The thing that is really needed is the ability to covertly transfer assets overseas into a secure non-bank location.

[Star Traveler]

Here’s something from Wired Magazine that gives you some background and history on how it started. However, it’s not a current article as it’s two years old.

The Rise and Fall of Bitcoin
http://www.wired.com/magazine/2011/11/mf_bitcoin/all/