Interesting observation, people have already gotten rich, filthy rich from Bitcoin, if it was a fad wouldn't it have burned out by now as people have already made their money? Each time it crashes or "flash crashes" up it goes again. It's either complete mania or a new world order and after all the research I've done I believe it's the latter.
I got in late (November 17) but early compared to the herd that is now coming along and have already doubled my money, so I will free carry now.
But I've also been watching what they call the ALT coins and seen a heap 2 bag, 3 bag, 10 or 20 bag in a few weeks, it's crazy. If it was the stock market we'd all be in raptures. If my original investment in November were on these ALT coins I could have literally retired this week... crazy crazy crazy stuff. But at the same time I've seen these coins lose 20 to 40% of their value in a day.... only for them to make the gains back up within a few hours, crazy crazy stuff.
A lot of people will get burnt at some stage, but Bitcoin and a few others will be around for years to come, including Ripple which I bought at from .35 cents to $1, so just before it went nuts.
Price at posting:
0.0001 Sentiment: Buy Disclosure: Held