It still has a future because the community is still rallying behind it, and there are investors and miners still dedicated to doing their part in the Bitcoin economy. More people are getting onvolved every day to my knowledge, and I am quite glad everything is still moving. To some extent i believe bitcoin will overtake the global currencies.

At first,bitcoin was used only as a digital currency.Then its value started rising and people found it as an asset instead to invest in a long term basis. In the mean time,bitcoin can be used to buy any products or services and hence it could be also called as Digital cash. bitcoin it's like gold that was turned to cash and can be used far more easily than carrying gold around, the similarity is also very obvious,

The difference betwean BTC and "real money" is that BTC is realy virtual currency, while "real money" is fake virtual numbers that goverments and banks change as they see fit. It's ridiculous, but "real" money is more virtual than Bitcoin. Digital currency to be used in the virtual world and the real real. The fact that this situation will greatly promote the development of bitcoin.