The quote does sound odd, and I wouldn't be surprised if it were an embellishment or paraphrase. But you know, the New York Times has been running stories on B

The quote does sound odd, and I wouldn't be surprised if it were an embellishment or paraphrase. But you know, the New York Times has been running stories on Bitcoin for a couple of years now. It's been all over CNN and other mainstream news sources. The New Yorker printed a feature about Satoshi Nakamoto back in 2011 [1]. Popular TV shows like The Daily Show have talked about Bitcoin [2]. Newspapers are printing political cartoons about it [3]. The Washington Post has three Bitcoin headlines on the front page of its web site this morning! (One about MtGOX, one on Nakamoto, and one on Autumn Radtke.) Anyone who has read, watched, or listened to news in the past year has a good chance of knowing some stuff about Bitcoin, just like they know that Steve Jobs died and what Google Glass is. The name Satoshi Nakamoto is reasonably memorable and distinctive. And law enforcement officers in particular might have some professional curiosity about the Bitcoin economy. [1]: http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2011/10/10/111010fa_fact_davis http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2011/10/10/111010fa_fact_... [2]: http://www.thewire.com/entertainment/2014/02/daily-show-helps-you-figure-out-whole-bitcoin-business/358667/ http://www.thewire.com/entertainment/2014/02/daily-show-help... [3]: http://buttcoin.org/bitcoin-hardy-har-har http://buttcoin.org/bitcoin-hardy-har-har