I think most commentators here missed the point of the article. Bitcoin is evil not because it fails at x, because the interest in it propagates bad (Krugman PO

I think most commentators here missed the point of the article. Bitcoin is evil not because it fails at x, because the interest in it propagates bad (Krugman POV) economics. Krugman/Stross assume this type of economics is the 'Austrian school'/Goldbug economics.