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Comment by rrrazdan | Hacker News Reader

This is one of the most balanced coverage of the Bitcoin issue I have seen. "The system has proved popular with online criminals, keen to keep their financial transactions secret, although it has a wider, legitimate, user base." Nicely researched. Kudos to the BBC team. Shows why BBC is still the trusted source for many of us.

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I had the opposite reaction. I thought it was poorly-researched, esp. in that it parroted MtGox's explanation for the compromise. I don't think the BBC should be so quick to accept that story, given this information: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2676263

They are quoting an official statement from Mt Gox. Its not like they are accepting this line. But if there is somebody they can quote, its Mt. Gox, not somebody who claims something on a forum. In any case, not mentioning 'toasty' is not really relevant.

I see one quote, followed by non-quoted statements that read as facts.

At the very least, the BBC has avoided the BitCoin hype.

Lots of other websites mention it every other day, yet this crash was probably the first major event for the technology.

I'm also surprised that bitcoin is being covered in such a mainstream news source - I was under the impression that it was still only of interest to the techy early adopter crowd.

Your comment is a nice example for people wanting to read what they already believe.

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