I feel that Bitcoin is currently undergoing a power struggle. Between the speculators and the believers.
I actually see it being more of an image issue.
Majority of people out there have heard that bitcoin is used for lots of illegal activities, if not that, then its loved by the anarchocapitalists and ultra libertarians who want to take down the government.
Those are bad things?
And I think Bitcoin only has an image issue to those who are ignorant and naive.