>lying and abuses in virtual currency systems - that surpass anything physical currency systems have experienced. Bernie Madoff wasn't using dollars to run his

>lying and abuses in virtual currency systems - that surpass anything physical currency systems have experienced. Bernie Madoff wasn't using dollars to run his scheme? What about the housing market bubble? Bank bailouts? I don't recall those happening in bitcoin-land. The fact is that scams happen everywhere all of the time with everything. Beanie babies...fake gold bars... you name it.