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2017 has been an extraordinary year for cryptocurrencies. There has been a tremendous amount of growth in both value and popularity of cryptocurrencies that no longer can it be referred to as just a passing trend. At the start of the year, Bitcoin traded at just under $1,000, $960 to be precise. At the time of writing this article in December of 2017, the price of Bitcoin has exceeded the $10,000 mark. That is an increase in value that exceeds an entire magnitude of thousand, to the realm of tens of thousands in little under a year. Never before has there been any tradable commodity that has seen such growth.