Nice read on the subject

http://www.extremetech.com/computing/173933-bitcoin-explained-crypto-fad-or-the-future-of-money

Bitcoins are not an investment. Bitcoins are a speculative commodity, like gold. Unlike gold, bitcoins don't even have intrinsic value. Until you read up on investment enough to know the difference between investment and speculation, the best investment for you is a savings account.

Now, is there money to be made by speculation? Probably. However: unlike eg. gold, which you can dump as soon as it looks like crashing, you have absolutely no way to get real money out of the system within a reasonable timeframe.

then youre perhaps either operating too much within the law or are not paranoid enough about money control of banks and anynymous money transfers ;)

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The disadvantage of all electronic "coins" is that while even the worst company is actually doing some business and the cheapest of natural resources actually exist in physical form - the electronic coins are just 100% about "trust". There is nothing else backing them except how much people believe in them. Thus they can go up and down very rapidly.