I think there is a little more to bitcoin than you have suggested.
There is so much money being invested into the bitcoin market at the moment. Take the Coinbase $75m capital raise for example.
http://www.wsj.com/articles/coinbase-raises-75-million-in-funding-round-1421762403 Yes there have been a few setbacks though the positives far outweigh the negatives. Stripe are now accepting bitcoin and there has been 100% user adoption growth year on year with Blochchain reporting its 3 millions bitcoin wallet.