Re:Facebook reveals its cryptocurrency Libra
by hombre_fatal on Tuesday June 18, 2019 @08:41AM
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> The average civilian associates cryptocurrencies with high profile thefts and dark web drug dealers
Maybe the average dismissive HN comment.
But pretty much everyone I ever talk to outside of HN treats Bitcoin with distant "hmm, maybe I'll learn more about that one day" curiosity. Kind of like programming and other tech.
You are way over-estimating how much Bitcoin even shows up on the radar of average people, even if it were 100% bad news.
Maybe the average dismissive HN comment.
But pretty much everyone I ever talk to outside of HN treats Bitcoin with distant "hmm, maybe I'll learn more about that one day" curiosity. Kind of like programming and other tech.
You are way over-estimating how much Bitcoin even shows up on the radar of average people, even if it were 100% bad news.