It seems a week does not go by that the end of bitcoin is not predicted.  Most recently Ittay Eyal and Emin Gun Sirer of Cornell University wrote a paper describing how "Selfish Miners" might be able to subvert the network to their own purpose.  The regular news publishers quickly …

About the author: John Vandivier is a graduate student at George Mason with formal credentials in policy, economics and political science. He also dabbles in philosophy and apologetics. His blog discusses all of the above at www.thegenerallifeblog.blogspot.com.*

In this article bitcoin is valued by predicting the approach …