Bitcoin investors celebrated last week after the price of the world’s largest cryptocurrency hit $100,000 for the first time. The computer code behind bitcoin imposes a hard cap of 21 million bitcoins. Most analysts say it is unlikely that such a change could ever happen—especially since lifting the cap above 21 million could depress the price of bitcoin, by opening …
Read enough about Bitcoin, and you'll inevitably come across people who refer to the cryptocurrency as a religion. Bloomberg's Lorcan Roche Kelly called Bitcoin "the first true religion of the 21st century." Bitcoin promoter Hass McCook has taken to calling himself "The Friar" and wrote a series of Medium pieces comparing Bitcoin to a religion. The word "religion" as it's …
