Typical black swan. A good analogy of bitcoin would be electricity, or the Internet, both of which were called "temporary" and they were met with fear. However, when electricity became commercially practical in the late 1800s, its tangible benefits quickly became apparent. Similarly, while the Internet required some technical foresight to grasp its potential, its impact eventually became undeniable.

The difference with bitcoin is that it completely dismantles modern, Keynesian economics, which form the foundation to the corrupt financial system we have, owned by the most powerful men in the world. Unlike other black swan events, it uniquely threatens the existing elite in a way few, if any, disruptions have before. Adopting it, and promoting it as the new "standard for economic knowledge" would relinquish their enormous power to control everyone via the central bank; I'm just looking forward to seeing their next move.