the main problem is the fact that bitcoin is a nascent technology, with a very small niche community we should not have so much negativity associated with it. The Media doesn't get 1/1000th of what actually occurs in our industry. I bet even the most informed of us don't know 1/10 of the wickedness that is already available to know
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=83794.0It wasn't simply that silk road and mt gox were financial black eyes for BTC, the key people at the heart of both disasters were also board members for the btc foundation -- the very FACE of BTC.
Now lets put this into relative proportion, image just 2 years after the USD was put into circulation that Alexander Hamilton and one of his buddies on the Federal Reserve board independently decided to fleece the fledgling commonwealth of some enormous amount of their wealth. This is just madness replayed over and over again.
If we want btc to thrive we've got to make it a safe instrument to work with. Integrity and accountability must be par for the course.
