Quote from: C21H23NO5 on July 17, 2012, 02:20 amConspiracy theory: If the DEA wanted to hurt us then they could pump up the value and then let it drop like a rock. Some sellers could lose a lot of money this way.It would be awesome if they did so, and then failed. Which is not an unlikely outcome either. A rapidly rising price will quickly attract professional speculators, and then the general public. Which is... kinda something they want to avoid. I have never met a person who knew about bitcoins who didn't know about SR. The vendor's biggest problem could be just logging onto the site due to the sheer volume of new traffic acquiring illicits.Like J.M.Keynes said, the market can remain irrational for longer than you or I can remain solvent.