I don't particularly care what's driving you to be honest. You shouldn't care what's driving others too though. It's fucking bitcoin, it's traded on exchanges, it goes up and down, it's being manipulated etc, etc... bears, bulls, that's all legitimate stuff unless they are permabulls, permabears, they're all mostly dumb and Mirsad, yeah, he is twat

You're not good in that tbh 

Well that wasn't so bad now, was it.

Thanks for reminding me to try the pubnub version again.

Last night neither the regular nor pubnub versions of i286 were working. This morning I only tried the regular.

Nice to see it back.

I wonder if the last two bounces on Gox were helped a bit to paint the downwards trend  (Stamp at least took to the sell-off while china wasn't overly impressed) or if it was just coincidence.

If so I must say nicely done

Gather round everyone.  I'll tell you how this will play out.  The exchange rate will languish for a while.  New money will flow to the exchanges as interest is increasing, but new buyers will be hesitant to buy, as they may suspect the price is in a downtrend, and so will hold of buying in the hope that they can get the most bitcoins for their money.  This will go on for a while, maybe many months.  The total amount of money waiting to buy will build over this period, and this won't be obvious by merely looking at bids on the order books.

Eventually, the distance of time will minimize the fear of this most recent run-up.  A few people will buy largish amounts, then a few more, and so on.  The bids will begin to pile up on the order books, and a new phase buying like we've just seen (and like we've seen many times before) will begin, which will quickly accelerate after old highs are broken.

Then repeat.

FTFY. 

Agreed, but then again, the second we think we know something it will change .   850 or so is a great floor to maintain going through the holidays.   Things are going to explode next year as a new tax season begins for many regions.   Buying during the lull is highly advised for the little guys.   Remember the super big guys don't do much during the holidays as they are complacent and look to take the time off.

Well, in all seriousness, I do expect the slump to be shorter than previous ones.  The infrastructure is on a good trajectory, and is more robust than it's ever been (with a very long way to go, still).  My take on overall public perception is that distrust and skepticism are lower than ever.