Bitcoin Plagued By Ignorance And Apathy – A Buying Opportunity?

In a street survey conducted by MarketWatch’s Saumya Vaishampayan on how much the common man is aware of bitcoin, the digital currency, some of the comments make for interesting reading: “Shady” “A currency of no country in particular – everything in the future” “Not legitimate” “You can do shady stuff on the Internet with it” “Not backed up by something real like gold” “Not something that I would use as a currency” Negative perception Clearly, bitcoin is viewed rather negatively by the average American. In addition, it appears that the common man is ignorant of bitcoin’s status as a leading…