[BlackDeath3]

The difference between the 1980s and now is that people now can use the Internet to learn about Bitcoin for themselves, from the source, instead of basing all they know on hype. It's a shame that so many people seem to love to talk more than they learn.

[fragsworth]

Yeah, that difference definitely exists now, and accelerates the learning process quite a bit.

I think most people don't generally go to the source when learning about something, though, even today when it's easily possible. Usually what people do is learn what is fed to them from whatever outlets they prefer (TV, news websites, reddit, etc.) and hear about stuff in passing.

[BlackDeath3]

Well, while we're on the subject, for anybody who is interested in going to the Bitcoin source: www.bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf