LFP003 - Lifting the bonnet on Digital Currencies with Dr James Smith of elliptic.co

London Fintech Podcast · Aug 15, 2014 · 35m

Should have gone to Specsavers?

Hysteria

The Daily Mail hasn’t yet written about how Bitcoin causes cancer. I’m rather surprised given the hysterical tone of much Bitcoin coverage. “It’s going to a million dollars!”. “It’s going to zero!”. “It’s the future of money!”. “It’s a scam!”. “It’s for drug dealers and terrorists!” . And those comments are just from the sober broadsheets

[And just in passing the currency accepted by terrorists and drug dealers worldwide is a wad of US$ bills &#8211…