Bitcoin could definitely triumph over the currency wars itself, but it's greatest defining factor could also become its biggest downfall. I'm talking about its intangibility and hoe it heavily depends in energy to exist. Most would agree that without the internet, bitcoin wouldn't have the higher ground. So nations could basically initiate a world war that could heavily impede technologixal advancement, with the inclusion of the internet to destabilize its value and put the power scepter back to fiat, as easy as that.