[2014-09-11] Why BTC is so valuable, and whether it will still be in the future

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http://www.extremetech.com/computing/179421-analyzing-bitcoin-why-btc-is-so-valuable-whether-it-will-keep-its-value-in-the-future?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ziffdavis%2Fextremetech+%28Extremetech%29

Before we dive into the data, we need to discuss a bit of statistics. One of the techniques for comparing the relationship between two variables is called regression analysis. In theory, the relationship between any two trends can be measured, and there are entire websites dedicated to pointing out odd correlations, like this one illustrating the meteoric growth in Facebook use against Greece’s skyrocketing debt problem.