I never for one day believe the stories of Bitcoin been a scam, I even got to know about bitcoin from a ponzi scheme (called MMM) that took over my country and every young and old then was caught in the fever. Before then I never knew anything like investing so Bitcoin caught my interest and I to this day, it has had many impact in my life. I don't regret any decisions I have taken upto this day because they all taught me a lesson and all part of my story. I won't do things exactly the same if I had a second chance to start all over because the experience I have gathered are very valuable and I believe they'll help me in the journey ahead.
Adding up to this, people and the media seemingly have the misconception of Bitcoin itself being a scam. I also blame myself to be fair of thinking Bitcoin to be an illegal coin before but that's quite a different discussion.
News media commonly see Bitcoin as like a scam whether as an investment or even as like a digital money and it is quite sad that they don't realize that even paper money is being used to launder money and do crime activities. :/