a) Bitcoin isn't the bubble its the pin. My guess: Expect continued massive volatility but a continued trend of upward growth. -(edit) in fact, a lot of people point out how bitcoin gets stronger every time it's attacked, so who knows... Maybe we'll see more spurts of parabolic growth, then we'll see more crazy anomalies like when it jumped from 13k/14k to 19,600... WTH right? Then a quick retreat back down to 16,15. The jump from 14 to 19 is nearly 30%. We may be seeing those types of positive 'glitches' occur again. With the way media works, and how most sheeple take their queue's from msm, its reasonable to assume that going mainstream won't happen at a constant rate. It will go parabolic for short periods of time as percentages of subcultures join the ranks of the enlightened. I see the biggest challenge being that most people simply won't understand the technology and most people don't really care.(end edit)

b) yeah I only got things dialed in on the 2nd, so I doubt that I'll make my 5Nd before the next block - that would be a hell of a stretch, no whammies.