Top 5 stories on Drudge Report all about Bitcoin - rally incoming

[bqxpd]

Seriously people, this is unprecedented mainstream penetration. Figure two weeks to liftoff and counting...

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[podyx]

I just went on bitcoin reddit and it's FILLED with satoshi nakamoto

Like I suggested in the wall thread, this could be a great publicity stunt

[BittBurger]

How would any of these things make investors say "Man, I want part of THAT situation!"

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[Bit_Happy]

How would any of these things make investors say "Man, I want part of THAT situation!"

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You do have a good point.
We need stories about people and companies using BTC.

[BitcoinAshley]

How would any of these things make investors say "Man, I want part of THAT situation!"

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Press like this ain't about investors, it's about regular people.
Many people haven't heard about bitcoin enough to really look into it, read about it, understand it, feel comfortable using it.
Say it pops into their radar 5, 10 more times - that might be a tipping point for a lot of people. This Nakamato identity stuff is not "Good newses" nor is it "bad newses." It is just harmless media speculation/controversy crapola. But it has the word "bitcoin" in it and is neutral exposure.

I have friends on facebook who have been hearing about bitcoin on and off for the last year but just now are asking me about the protocol and about how to get some and start using it, what places accept it, etc. And it will probably be a month or two before they get around to actually doing that. This is slow and it takes a lot of exposure. What we're getting now is a bunch of exposure - and neutral exposure is nice, especially after all this Gox crap.

[bqxpd]

How would any of these things make investors say "Man, I want part of THAT situation!"

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Press like this ain't about investors, it's about regular people.

Exactly. It's about large numbers of previously uninformed people who are not necessarily investors in anything at the moment going "what the hell is a bitcoin and why does everyone care so much about this Nakamoto guy?" and beginning to read and research. Some non-negligible number of those people are sure to get interested and look seriously at entering the market in the coming weeks.

[F-bernanke]

Press like this ain't about investors, it's about regular people.
Many people haven't heard about bitcoin enough to really look into it, read about it, understand it, feel comfortable using it.
Say it pops into their radar 5, 10 more times - that might be a tipping point for a lot of people. This Nakamato identity stuff is not "Good newses" nor is it "bad newses." It is just harmless media speculation/controversy crapola. But it has the word "bitcoin" in it and is neutral exposure.

I have friends on facebook who have been hearing about bitcoin on and off for the last year but just now are asking me about the protocol and about how to get some and start using it, what places accept it, etc. And it will probably be a month or two before they get around to actually doing that. This is slow and it takes a lot of exposure. What we're getting now is a bunch of exposure - and neutral exposure is nice, especially after all this Gox crap.

+1,
Which is in the end, "good newses".