Bitcoin has become a pretty highly googled topic. Interestingly it can be great to gain confidence from disagreeing woth clearly shoddy sources like say - The New York times! While phrases like "Should I invest in Bitciin?" Are significently up/searched for recently it's interesting that the propoganda machines that hardly ever seem to have the publics best interests at heart are hard at work smearing btc - (while older vocal opponents like that horrid Jp Morgan are capitulating due to greed, amd seejng tjey have little choice and sp plan on profiting from btc trading)
http://www.newtimes.co.rw/section/read/228989/Here's a nyt article, if it was well researched it doesn't show at all when it comes to the article containing a shred of good evidence and nonbias. Times hasn't chamged too much, although they run clips every now and then as g control to convince that they have, same news source used as a "Weapon of mass delusion" to unfortunately convinced US public there definately were 'Weapons of mass destruction" before middle east shenanigans started with ol George Bush breaking a bunch of laws declaring war withiut the approval of other branches of gov, and getting away with what should have been cause for impeachment. I'm digressing, but back to the article,
the times are saying bitcoin has no practical uses, never mind the remitence mkt's 8-15% proce gouging, or the 1-2% that banks take to handle every digital transaction (nonphysical cash transaction) the article goes on to call btc's mkt cap/price as pure psychology (never mind gov forced fiat) - this from major news who's info is mostly lies, half truths and manipulation. When unreliable info sources are going full steam on the fud train - this is cause for optimism.
Remember "First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win."
Increasingly btc's ignor stage seems to be past, onto laughter and ridicule it seems.
Wierd way to get optimism, but hearing the worst from the worst can be strangely reliable here.
Also if your like me and bought btc with a cool head in a cool bear mkt years ago, price drops can hurt, and sometimes even last, but current prices would likely have been considered by most a great success to reach, from buying at much lower prices. So zoom out, get perspective, don't usually go with predominant sentiment in bear or raging bull mkts : )