2013-04-04 Telegraph.co.uk - Bitcoin 'the new gold', But what on earth is it?

[kiko]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/economics/9970738/Bitcoin-the-new-gold-but-what-on-earth-is-it.html

Fairly neutral coverage, but only direct quotes are from sceptics.

First I've heard about central bankers tweeting re: bitcoin.

Adam Posen, a former member of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Commitee, put it this way - adapting a quip from a US sitcom:

#gold is the investment for silly people. #bitcoin is gold for people who don't save. Please make it go away.

twitter.com/AdamPosen/stat…
— Adam Posen (@AdamPosen) April 4, 2013

lol'd at 'Please make it go away'.

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[Gabi]

Lol at gold is for silly people  Failometer is ringing 

[justusranvier]

Good. If central bankers were in favor of Bitcoin we'd be doing something wrong.

[Zomdifros]

Please make it go away.

I think that might become the official response from central banks across the world for the coming years.

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Compared to the drivel coming out of the Guardian and FT yesterday, this Emma Rowley reads like a combination of Einstein and Shakespeare.

[Timo Y]

Please make it go away.

If you say so...