I first heard about Bitcoin on NPR's Planet Money Podcast last year some time.  They did a follow up more recently that inspired me to check into it closer.

I'm primarily attracted to the open-source power-to-the-people aspect of Bitcoin.  I prefer a society where the individual people (flesh and blood kind of people, not Citizens United, Inc kind of "people") are in charge and the institutions serve the people, not the other way around. Putting the people in charge can be very messy and unpredictable at times, but I'm convinced that, in the long run, it's better for everyone (even the institutions).

Receiving Address: 1Bj5iStoUREEDESnuxgjZmQtTbitwWtk9g