This is an open discussion, so your thoughts more than welcome.
Here is what i think that happened:
"A few people with a lot of money, a few brilliant ideas and the will to fuck everyone up in order to make loads more money came up with a great idea: let's create digital money, some bullshit about fighting banks, some japanese guy that doesn't really exist, silkroad for a bit.
Let's give this Bitcoin thing value by pumping the hell out of it, and let it drop on a bunch of unwanted childs that dream of getting rich with this shit.
In the Meantime we will have an organized ring of scammers ( Karpelles, cryptorush, mintpal.. etc etc .. ) that will make us even richer.
We will also have another organized ring of scammers/devs that will create new coins so we can pump and dump the hell out of them to make even more and more money.
Once this shit gets regulated we will just leave with more billions and see ya"
Well people using bitcoins, actually got earned a lot. Ofcourse there are people who lost a lot also. But whatever the winners and losers got, is because of their decisions. So what if someone created bitcoins to earn billions. To use it or not, its your choice.
That is right, and people are still earning it. When the bitcoins prices will go up, they will earn a lot more. So stop thinking, and earn while you can.