Name me even ONE legal currency in the entire WORLD that has more credibility than the US dollar - and back it up with facts about the issuing countries deficit. The only one that comes even close would be Saudi Arabia's rial- and if you wish to hold those - go right ahead.
Don't give a damn what some silver tongue has to say about 'bite-e-coin' being of more 'value' than the US dollar.
Try spending one at your local 7-11 or Walmart, restaurant, fast food place. lumber yard WITHOUT first selling it on the pump-and-dump market first for real dollars.
BITCOIN IS A CRIMINAL FRAUD = and the pump-and-dumpers of that POS can bite my ass.
It is IDENTICAL to ENRON STOCK (remember ALL those 'millionaires') = completely worthless stock that trade at ASTRONOMICAL LEVELS - till the criminal activity was exposed to the entire world - and the SEC shut that POS down. No difference - stock certs printed up out of nothing but paper and ink - 'bite-me-coins' generated by an electronic program.
100% SCAM - A MAJOR FRAUD.
And no, I don't give a damn about whether government issued currencies are just as much a scam or not. At least those governments can be identified - and held accountable, and generate semi-legit services for the paper they issue. NOT SO WITH BITCOIN - the 'originator' of this scam - LONG GONE - disappeared. He took his criminal gains and skeeedaddled.