Don’t believe the hype, good or bad, about Bitcoin

Bitcoin seems to draw proponents and detractors in equal measure. If anything sets them apart, it is the vociferousness of their arguments.

On the one hand are those in favor of it, who swear that it will do nothing short of lay waste to the system of personal finance as we know it and build a Utopia for individuals and their monetary control in the future.

On the other side of the coin are those who believe that it is some sort of insidious front for criminals or a marketing scheme designed to bilk people out of their hard-earned money. The answer lies somewhere in between, though it’s hard to discern any of that from all the noise and the hype.

If you are someone who owns and operates a small business, how can you possibly tell what to believe? It takes a cool head to prevail when you’re surrounded by all this information, much of which is nothing more than spin by those trying to lead you in one direction or the other.

If you can clear the cobwebs out and find the truth,…