Can anyone post an exhaustive list of bad things Bitcoin is doing to this world?

[gabriella]

every post here is talking how good btc is and how it is superior to other systems.

what are some disadvantages and weaknesses and bad effects bitcoin cause on this world and our society, financially/economically/socially/technically/environmentally/etc, that even the most die hard btc fanatic cannot deny?

[revans]

Grossly disproportionate rewards to a small community of self selecting early adopters.

[Littleshop]

Grossly disproportionate rewards to a small community of self selecting early adopters.

So in this case 'self selecting' would not be a bad thing.

[freequant]

Threatening to undermine the status quo and to endanger some species such as bankers and politicians.

[vpitcher07]

Threatening to undermine the status quo and to endanger some species such as bankers and politicians.

Gosh what a horrendous thought!

[birkomester]

drugs

[RealT]

drugs

Nope, they were here a long time ago.

[Foxpup]

drugs

Bitcoin doesn't do drugs; people do drugs.

[oakpacific]

Making people sitting up from sleep in the night from time to time, worrying that their wallets protection systems are not meticulous enough, no more the blissful "peace of mind" they had when they used to put their money in the custody of good old trustworthy bankers.

[vandeam]

drugs

Bitcoin doesn't do drugs; people do drugs.

I disagree
It seems like bitcoin took some blow on the white stuff 1-2 weeks ago..  

[jarhed]

Chronic nightmares about pizza.

[ralree]

The use of electrical power to secure the network, and an increase in doing so fueled by the greed of miners (I'm one of them).  The calculations completed have no intrinsic value - they're just a means to the end of securing the network.  As time goes on, if bitcoin continues to succeed, power consumption will continue increasing.

[beckspace]

Making people angry because they were fooled the whole time.

[StarfishPrime]

Grossly disproportionate rewards to a small community of self selecting early adopters.

I would add: Grossly disproportionate punishment of a few trolls who sold all their bitcoin at $12 and still can't get over it.

[StarfishPrime]

Grossly disproportionate rewards to a small community of self selecting early adopters.

So did the wheel.

^^ best comment of 2013 

[revans]

Grossly disproportionate rewards to a small community of self selecting early adopters.

So did the wheel.

Wheels subsequent to the first one got easier to make. Had we applied a Bitcoin style model at this point wheels would be so difficult to produce that people would have to lease them off those that already have them.

[wtfvanity]

The electricity used to protect the network is preventing a global mini ice age from happening. If global nuclear war were to break out, bitcoin would keep the planet from freezing.

[Phinnaeus Gage]

Grossly disproportionate rewards to a small community of self selecting early adopters.

So did the wheel.

Wheels subsequent to the first one got easier to make. Had we applied a Bitcoin style model at this point wheels would be so difficult to produce that people would have to lease them off those that already have them.

Creating more wheels didn't make all the wheels stronger.

But, the wheels would have been stronger if all the wheel makers joined a pool.

[wtfvanity]

Grossly disproportionate rewards to a small community of self selecting early adopters.

So did the wheel.

Wheels subsequent to the first one got easier to make. Had we applied a Bitcoin style model at this point wheels would be so difficult to produce that people would have to lease them off those that already have them.

Creating more wheels didn't make all the wheels stronger.

But, the wheels would have been stronger if all the wheel makers joined a pool.

Unless a wheel pool had more than 51% of the wheels.

[Phinnaeus Gage]

Grossly disproportionate rewards to a small community of self selecting early adopters.

So did the wheel.

Wheels subsequent to the first one got easier to make. Had we applied a Bitcoin style model at this point wheels would be so difficult to produce that people would have to lease them off those that already have them.

Creating more wheels didn't make all the wheels stronger.

But, the wheels would have been stronger if all the wheel makers joined a pool.

Unless a wheel pool had more than 51% of the wheels.

Wheel makers are a smart lot and would never let such a thing happen. They would simply switch pools.