No sooner had the price of bitcoin started to soar in November
than DDoS attacks started hammering on the bitcoin exchange Bitfinex and the new Bitcoin Gold (BTG)
cryptocurrency site in attempts to profit from bitcoin price
fluctuations caused by the denial of service.
Growth in the
cryptocurrency market has been driven largely by venture capitalists investing in technology infrastructure, and other investors seeking to profit from price
fluctuations, rather
than by consumers actually using
cryptocurrency.