What battle is over and how ?
What I mean is that bitcoin would be very very hard to stop anymore. It has huge capitol investment, it is used worldwide at many tens of thousands of outlets, it has a pipeline of projects that keeps coming, a loyal following of millions and growing. I just don't think bitcoin needs our help anymore. The genie is out of the bottle and it's not going away, IMO.
This. Anything can happen, just look at the history of big company failures like Enron. However there are too many supporters for it to just disappear. I notice more businesses taking it as payment, more people aware of it (if not using it), and even governments taking notice and enacting national laws about it. These things point toward positive growth in the long run. There will always be price fluctuations but you have to look at the why not the what. I once bought a stock at 28$ that dropped to ~20 after I bought it. But not only did the fundamentals stay the same, they got better. For whatever reason investors were bearish about the company. I held and now its worth ~110$ a share. You have to keep an eye on the fundamentals not on the speculation.