Well in a very real sense this sideshow is independent of Bitcoin. Bitcoin is gonna keep on chugging whatever clueless nonsense goes along with it. To the ext

Well in a very real sense this sideshow is independent of Bitcoin. Bitcoin is gonna keep on chugging whatever clueless nonsense goes along with it. To the extent that this has any real effect at all on _Bitcoin_ it would just be creating varrious headwinds like discouraging new contributions to the software. This wouldn't be the case for legacy systems that depend on trusted third party authorities. What it does tell you though is how much nonsense people will treat seriously. The same media that is misreporting on Wright's litigation is also the same media saying that Bitcoin is a big deal. :)