Why exactly is Bitcoin rallying? Nothing has changed.
Exactly. Nothing *has* changed. In my opinion, all Bitcoin has to do to succeed is not fail.
By what metric? And what do you mean when you say Bitcoin, the Software, the Community or the use as a Payment Infrastructure?
Because I think it ultimately failed on the latter two accounts with The Goxxing. (or if you believe GOX the former one....)
It is still here, still being traded at a decent price and still has growing infrastructure and investment. Gox was an incident but was far from Bitcoin failing.