Ask Doctor Bitcoin: How do I explain Bitcoin to my friends? [Paid, #5]

Coinbase is going public today. You've been in blockchain and bitcoin for a while now. You know you're going to get snowed under with this question this week. Be prepared!

As Neeraj Agrawal of Coin Center sarcastically tweeted yesterday: “The cryptocurrency story to watch tomorrow will probably be the Coinbase IPO.” Coinbase is actually doing a direct listing, but becoming a publicly traded company will obviously catapult them back into the news, which is undoubtedly going to result in a peppering of questions from folks …