someone has proven beyond a shadow of a doubt that bit coin is
capable of being manipulated.

someone would do that who has it in their interests to do that.
certainly many parties would fit that bill.

i agree with the writer who said now is not the time to point fingers.
Fix the present problem. No one will remember it in a month.

But the real problem is 20 million merchants just put Bitcoin on
the back burner for the next year. Not good for Bitcoin at all.

bad press == bad price. bad price == bad investment.

of course, a couple months ago, I suggested Bitcoin should build in the
exchange process into the wallets. Bitcoin touts its "decentralized" nature
but every exchange has an easy bulls-eye on its back for governments to
take aim at. In other words, since Bitcoin's exchanges are centralized,
so therefore is Bitcoin.

Just my two cents. Hope it helps. I would like to see Bitcoin thrive. It can become
the electric car of the monetary system,…. a valuable addition.