Quote from: Pursuer on September 06, 2018, 07:57:39 AM

Quote from: hatshepsut93 on September 06, 2018, 07:44:27 AM

Yep, I've created this thread because I often see newbies making comments like "Bitcoin will succeed because blockchain technology will succeed" or "cryptocurrency will go up because Bitcoin will go up", and sometimes they just use those terms interchangeably, they start talking about Bitcoin and then start saying "crypto" or "blockchain" as if they were the same thing.
I'm arguing that Bitcoin, cryptocurrency and blockchain are independent from each other, they can all have different future, and Bitcoin is even more different from both blockchain and cryptocurrencies, because it's not vaporware.

it is not always newbies though. I have seen multiple times that the news sites start talking about bitcoin in their title then continue it with purely speculating about altcoins. or for instance they are clearly talking about bitcoin in their article but they use the word "crypto" or "crypto market" for it as if it is general and what happens to bitcoin will happen to the rest of them!

News sites are completely clueless. In fact, they're newbies themselves -- and that goes for both cryptocurrency media and the mainstream. I've found that both are totally pathetic, nearly across the board.

I saw someone make a cogent point recently about a particular phenomenon with news stories. When you're knowledgeable about a subject e.g. Bitcoin, you notice when journalists are constantly screwing up explanations regarding BTC, blockchain technology, ICOs, etc. But then you turn the page and take everything else they say at face value. But really, most everything journalists say is bullshit -- they are newbies about virtually everything they report on, and yet they're always attempting to dumb down things they don't even understand. That's their job. Cheesy