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Slack.com slash DHQ. Hi, everybody. I'm John Donben. And if you've been watching the

financial markets at all lately, you know we've just been through another one of these

wild up and down cryptocurrency rides. Given that, we thought it was appropriate to bring

back a debate we did a while ago that is now proving really timely. So let's just get

to it.

Up and down Bitcoin goes and where it ends up. Well, if you do know that, would you mind

sharing what the rest of the class? Bitcoin, the first cryptocurrency, has been called

a bubble, a fad, a scam, a tool for terrorists and crooks that is doomed to disappear. And

yet, some fiercely smart people believe in Bitcoin. Believe in it because they say it

takes vision to see how this first-of-a-kind digital currency will thrive and soar once

everybody else recognizes its utility. That it will liberate us from the corrupting influence

of central bank meddling in currencies like the US dollar itself and from a system where

the middleman is always taking his cut. Bitcoin, they say, is the solution and just getting

started. Wild price swings notwithstanding. So which is it? Well, to us, this sounds like

the making of a debate. So let's have it. Yes or no to this statement. Bitcoin is more

than a bubble and is here to stay. I'm John Donovan. I stand between two teams of two experts

in this topic who will argue for and against that motion. As always, our debate will go in

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