In a poll here, taken just after the initial NewsWeek story was out, 80% didn't believe the hype. Us 1, MSM 0
This is why, we, the people, can succeed with our own open-source, transparent, independent, public ledger currency. Because crowd-sourcing works, and because most of us are basically smart, basically good, and basically intellectually honest.
Agree. Just "currency" can be replaced with "approach" or some better word. And we should not forget that Bitcoin is not just a currency.
Don't delude yourself by assuming that the whole community is smarter than the tabloids. The reality is that there are still morons and idiots here just as in anywhere else in the world.
A small bit of optimistic delusion is good for your sanity and improves the chances for success.
The OP said "
can succeed" not even
will succeed. Anyway important is to make morons count less - for example through meaningful and high activity level (which you seems good at btw)