[free_bip]

Only if you're the one currently manipulating its price. Otherwise someone else will manipulate it, possibly not in your favor.

[lesuorac]

But as long as they manipulate it twice or somebody else manipulate it twice then you're golden.

While I don't believe much in the utility of bitcoin over say a ledger of USD it's hard to argue with historical data.

[lern_too_spel]

The historical data for purely speculative assets is hard to argue with, indeed.

[mint5]

Ah yes historical events, the famously reliable predictor of future events until they aren’t.

[lesuorac]

Perhaps you haven't heard. Those who don't learn from history are doomed to repeat it.