Researchers find that one person likely drove Bitcoin from $150 to $1,000
It's interesting to imagine this being "good" from the chains point of view. It is "using" predictable human greed to create a situation where it absorbs more and more value. The game Go's complexity cascades from very simple rules and has a "life" to it sustained by human energy. Blockchain's may be the first of games that are tied into reality via economic effects. Games do this already, but not at these levels of global mindshare and value.