I knew that it was a winner in purely technical terms. One cannot beat math! However, being a superior option doesn't ensure success. Isn't it common knowledge that Sony's Betamax was a better format than VHS back in the day? Of course, it went on to lose the battle. Bitcoin could have been outlawed or over-regulated. It could have very quickly been supplanted by an improved cryptocurrency. It might have gone down with the demise of a key trading platform. Yet, it so clearly wasn't what so many of the supposed authorities and pundits suggested: a Ponzi scheme. Most ordinary folks don't have a clue as to what money really is.
You can simply type: 1 btc to usd into a Google search. I was going to add an iframe window, but Google no longer allows searching within them. I saved a recent search as an image instead. As we are approaching the beginning of 2017, I expect a single bitcoin will soon be worth $US 1000, or at today's currency exchange rates, over $CA 1350.