I think the mistake a lot of investors are making with BitCoin is comparing it to other relatively high-risk asset classes-- That's the problem though-- It's a completely new asset class. It's effectively the credit available to some agent in a trustless network derived from the ability of computers to do useful calculations. It's like some 4th dimension shit. It's difficult to determine what the future holds. It really has the potential to be THE disruptive technology of recent history.
I fetishize that soon you'll be able to go to a Sears or a local hardware store or whatever and pick up a blackbox which you plug into the wall that just mines or trades coins and generates money. You know as like a general appliance someone might have. It's a brave new world but the future's looking bright. Here's to you Satoshi Nakamoto-Sama! < 3