## The People—OK, the Men—Who Still Love Bitcoin ## The cryptocurrency has become a sort of emotional tether for a specific type of lost boy. I went to Las Vegas to learn why. The Venetian Resort, at the heart of the Las Vegas Strip, is already a surreal place—the interior includes an indoor St. Mark’s Square with chlorine-blue canals, old-timey lampposts, and a painted blue sky. This spring, however, the casino offered an even stranger spectacle when a Bitcoin convention filled the expo hall. It was odd enough that most people in the crowd were wearing fluorescent orange, but stranger still…