Hi,
Since Silk Road engaged a public heads-up with US authorities it has been occurred to me that there is a good reason for the bitcoin's massive raising popularity (and value - They (the authorities) are afraid.
There are many (good) reasons for the authorities in the US and in the world to be afraid from the bitcoin and the other digital currencies but the biggest one is that peoples beliefs can change even though they've been brainwashed for hundred of years some misleading and manipulative concepts.
More of that to be published soon
Cheers.
BTC