Finding Bitcoin Signal Through The Noise

Sensationalized media draws page views and attention, but useful Bitcoin content is available to those who are willing to lower their time preference.I was hit with a little inspiration today when Nathaniel Whittemore covered a couple New York Times hit pieces targeted at Bitcoin in a recent episode of his podcast, “The Breakdown.” The first article attempted to dispute Bitcoin's decentralization by using mining stats from the early days when very few people were mining. A second article by Paul Krugman attempted to disparage Bitcoin by saying it was essentially useless. That coming from a....