<p>No one can determine the effect certain threats will cause, but some "popular" threats are:</p>

<ul>
<li>Extreme government regulation.</li>
<li>Bitcoin losing to a competitor coin.</li>
<li>Technical attacks, including attacks on protocol (51% attack) or attacks on cryptography.</li>
<li>Intentional market manipulation to crash the price.</li>
</ul>

<p>Some factors that can drive these events to be more likely to occur or enable them are:</p>

<ul>
<li>Unresolved technical issues, such as blockchain bloat, or transaction limits within blocks.</li>
<li>End of or diminishing block rewards causing people to abandon mining.</li>
<li>Increased centralization for whatever reason (advanced technology, zero power costs, etc.)</li>
</ul>

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<p>Other than banning it, what is the biggest risk to the price of Bitcoin? What circumstances may kill Bitcoin or bring it down to less than $10?</p>

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What would kill Bitcoin?
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# What would kill Bitcoin?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2013-11-14)

Other than banning it, what is the biggest risk to the price of Bitcoin? What circumstances may kill Bitcoin or bring it down to less than $10?

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### Answer by username_1 on 2013-11-14. Score: 5

No one can determine the effect certain threats will cause, but some "popular" threats are:

* Extreme government regulation.
* Bitcoin losing to a competitor coin.
* Technical attacks, including attacks on protocol (51% attack) or attacks on cryptography.
* Intentional market manipulation to crash the price.

Some factors that can drive these events to be more likely to occur or enable them are:

* Unresolved technical issues, such as blockchain bloat, or transaction limits within blocks.
* End of or diminishing block rewards causing people to abandon mining.
* Increased centralization for whatever reason (advanced technology, zero power costs, etc.)


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