Bitcoin Blows Past $9,000
I love Bitcoin (and the broader ecosystem).  The promise of great riches if you can survive long enough in a lawless new world, navigating the schemes, scams and intrigue and the government besides.  It must be a glimpse of what got people to pack up and and head west for the gold rush.<p>The mysterious author, watching mtgox grow, collapse and subsequent revelations, &quot;we found Satoshi&quot; debacle, the DAO heist and reaction, altcoins, block size schism, ICO&#x27;s, segwit activation, segwit2x deactivation and bugs, Teather&#x27;s &quot;theft&quot;, this rally ...<p>Chinese mining pools, Russian hackers, the dark web, struggles for control; it&#x27;s like living in a Neal Stephenson novel.  Worth the price of admission just for the entertainment value.