Bitcoin has fascinated people for a little bit now. It’s got
that futuristic sounding name that sounds cool. Seems like something you should
get into, right? But don’t be like
the six percent of surveyed Americans who thought that Bitcoin was an Xbox
game. Because it’s not.
The
Atlantic has a write-up of a Bloomberg poll about the 21st
Century crypto-cash where a sliver of respondents thought it was the name of a
new Xbox game or the next iPhone. Now, the poll’s 1,004-person sample size is
sort of small. But the results still speak to the idea that while people are
hearing about Bitcoin, they’re not so sure why they’re hearing about it.
42% of those polled answered correctly, name-checking
Bitcoin as a volatile virtual currency. You can buy
drugs with it. Or an Ouya console
http://gawker.com/5808314/everyone-wants-bitcoins-after-learning-they-can-buy-drugs-with-them
