This is a great comment, thanks for sharing it here. There seems to be a demand for a synthetic currency that is not subject to monopoly and manipulation by a political authority. Right or wrong, people do seem to be putting there money where there mouth is. The way this author puts it, its like bit-coin is a combination of gold, farmland, london real-estate, post-war modern art, and Square/stripe all rolled into one. If nothing else, BTC is "on trend" in multiple dimensions. And connecting the dots in an interesting way...