According to WSJ, "hackers are abusing the Internet virtual currency for profit".  Does this imply that there's stuff on the Internet that hacker's aren't abusing?  The fact that the currency still exists and has even increased in value is evidence of it's resistance to external influence.  It's an amazing piece of work and something the world really needs at a time like this, where centrally controlled currencies have been manipulated beyond belief to the benefit of a select few.