2013-11-18 American Banker: Five Reasons Washington Should Leave Bitcoin Alone

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Great op-ed by Marc Hochstein.

Journalists with limited imaginations and jaded hearts like to mock the cultish devotion Bitcoiners have to their currency. But I find it quite endearing. The energy and enthusiasm of the Bitcoin community is one more thing the technology has going for it. No one will ever write Google Wallet-themed erotica, or organize a PayPal Meetup, or start a podcast called Let's Talk MasterCard!

http://www.americanbanker.com/bankthink/five-reasons-washington-should-leave-bitcoin-alone-1063736-1.html?zkPrintable=1&nopagination=1

[bitfromit]

Ok, that was the first enlightened take on BTC i have seen in american banker.

[callem]

No one will ever write Google Wallet-themed erotica, or organize a PayPal Meetup, or start a podcast called Let's Talk MasterCard!

Marc Hochstein has written some great articles about bitcoin (including this one) - but it's inexplicable why he continues to publish the outlandish articles by Gideon Samid of BitMint..

[amincd]

Marc Hochstein has written some great articles about bitcoin (including this one) - but it's inexplicable why he continues to publish the outlandish articles by Gideon Samid of BitMint..

My thoughts exactly. Maybe he's trying to add balance by including an opinion that is the exact opposite of his?