&gt;<i>Can someone explain?</i><p>What exactly is the news here?  Some company accepts some new form of payment that hardly anyone uses.<p>When it comes to &quot;money&quot;, Bitcoin proponents seem massively misinformed on how it actually works.  The blockchain technology is interesting, but a new currency isn&#x27;t as exciting as they want you to believe.  I don&#x27;t care that my dollar has no inherent value, as long as people accept it in exchange, that&#x27;s all I care about.  And they do, everywhere.