In NYC bitcoin was on the front page of the Times last week
Speaking of which, I was touristing in NY over the year-end holidays (yes, it was
cold). We went to see Wall Street one evening, and was surprised to see a "Bitcoin Information Center" right next door to NYSE. Behind a small lounge one could see a room where someone was presenting a talk to a small audience.
My sons, who knew of my
obsession strong scientific interest in the matter, urged me to go in and pretend I was some rich
sucker would-be investor. While we were at it, a fellow came out and invited us inside, saying something about something being already up to some zillions of dollars. But I was too tired and thinking only of getting back to my hotel.
The rent for that place must be a small fortune. That's one thing that I find off-putting about Bitcoin: too much lavish marketing for a project by a bunch of young digital subversives whose goal is to steal a highly lucrative business from banks and undermine the governments' control of money flow, worldwide.