> Bitcoin’s critics say the digital tokens are like the tulip bulbs of 17th-century Holland. They generated a wild, speculative rush that quickly disappeared, l

> Bitcoin’s critics say the digital tokens are like the tulip bulbs of 17th-century Holland. They generated a wild, speculative rush that quickly disappeared, leaving behind nothing but pretty flowers and wrecked bank accounts Which Tulip bubble? The small one that actually happened and was largely a small group of wealthy people trying to outdo each other, or Mackay’s wildly exaggerated account that has seeped into popular legend?