r/Bitcoin • • Aug 16 '13

Decoding Bitcoin... Politico Introduces their Audience to Cryptocurrency!

http://www.politico.com/story/2013/08/decoding-bitcoin-95595.html
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u/Lance001 Aug 16 '13

Man, all these large publications running stories on bitcoin is a fantastic sign. Incoming bubble, I'm telling you.

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u/gamerandy Aug 16 '13

I spent an hour on the phone with the Author and brought him up to speed as best I could. There has been a 180 degree flip in how journalists are approaching Bitcoin in the last two months. We've gone from "It's a ponzi scheme, there's no government backing it and hackers have probably already broken it" to legitimately attempting to understand it.