A fucking internet protocol that only drives people who don't use it crazy.
I read a Mediapart article about Bitcoin, and I'm not going to share it with you because it's objectively rubbish, utter garbage, like almost all the articles on the subject published by this media outlet (and it saddens me because I know the competence of the people who work there).
I suspect that the economics/finance team at Mediapart, who have equated Bitcoin with some dangerous, ultra-liberal, neo-capitalist thing (and whatever else you want to call it), won't agree.
But it's really getting ridiculous, in 2026, to pretend not to understand Bitcoin when you have your investigative resources... and all through an ideological lens.
So no, sorry, but political ideology doesn't give you the right to lie, because yes, you are lying (maybe out of ignorance... but you're lying). Fighting against Bitcoin in your publications makes no more sense than protesting against gravity or filing a complaint against the rain. Bitcoin isn't an opinion, a product, or even a company vaguely based in the Cayman Islands: it's simply an internet protocol that can move value.
I emphasize this word "value," the one that the author of this article and others on Mediapart, as well as other media outlets, refuse to see. We, the lucky few of us with bank accounts, are only interested in the price... and Mediapart, like any basic crypto broker, falls for it, seizing the opportunity to announce either its demise or a systemic risk to the global economy with every major retracement.
The most ridiculous thing in the long run is that Bitcoin has become a selective target, since at the same time other assets like silver are losing even more (see the graph below)...
Bitcoin is an assembly of mathematical rules executed simultaneously by tens of thousands of independent machines. In practice, wanting to "ban Bitcoin" is like announcing the shutdown of the SMTP protocol because some people send spam, or demanding the eradication of TCP/IP because some people watch Netflix at the office.
So please, Mediapart, work on this subject; you'll see it's fascinating. You'll be able to tackle the French energy scandal, and what's more... it has nothing to do with Trump or fascists!
...it's just a damn internet protocol.
Plus, it will distinguish you from other media outlets that are only good for giving yesterday's market report on an asset.
Yes, Bitcoin is eminently political, and no, it is not the symbol of "neo-liberalism" or any other neo-bullshit... just a fucking internet protocol that doesn't give a damn if you don't like it.
