The document outlines Brian Fabian Crain's 9 predictions for bitcoin in 2014, including that security issues will continue to be addressed, the dependence on fiat currency will create bottlenecks, mining will become more industrialized, regulators will struggle with how to classify bitcoin, new payment systems will be built, institutional investors will get involved, anonymity may be reduced, additional applications will be built on top of bitcoin protocols, and bitcoin will have an increasing impact in remittances and developing economies. Crain also provides links to discuss and listen to a podcast further exploring these predictions.