Topic: The press make me laugh with how they cover bitcoin, even now at 2013's end - page 2. (Read 2075 times)

Just been reading this: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-25332746

And this:  http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-12-12/fact-fiction-and-11-bitcoin-myths


And the thought crossed my mind: it doesn't seem to matter how much time passes, even the (comparatively) good journalists with no agenda are so far behind the understanding curve. This isn't to say I'm some kind of Bitcoin sage, I know what I know, but there's people with both much more detailed knowledge of the system as well as better view of that big picture of how the bitcoin system fits into the rest of our world.

But these journalists just aren't up to the job of seeing the distributed cryptocurrency concept for what it is. They consistently fail to get a grasp of the implications of the design, and they consistently fail to understand the monetary theory part, too. Even dedicated cryptocurrency newsdesks like Coindesk have a bit of a shaky handle on how best to present certain concepts (although in fairness they're often very good too, light years away from the established news sites).

It's easy to take it for granted; I've spent every spare minute reading and talking about cryptocurrency and the surrounding topics to it since 2011. But it's hardly that much of a head-start, and these journalists are supposed to be professionals!

Is this such a different way of doing money that you need to be regularly using it and regularly educating yourself about it to get a proper grasp of what it really is and isn't?