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  Bitcoin USD Exchange Rates Versus Major Market ETFs During my early years as a developer, I encountered an executive who would often shout “developers, developers, developers…” at the beginning of his conference presentations until he turned red in the face or ran out of breath.   He retired as a very rich person.   This experience motivates me to write “bitcoins, bitcoins, bitcoins…” because the post is meant to move data analysts along the path to enjoying a rich, fulfilling, and early retirement via bitcoin investing. The BTC-USD ticker at the Yahoo Finance site tracks the price of a bitcoin in US dollars.   The bitcoin.org website describes bitcoins as a new kind of money (store of value) on its home page; bitcoins exist on the internet in a blockchain network. The network enables bitcoin miners to track bitcoin ownership between those owning bitcoins and those accepting bitcoins in exchange for goods and/or services.   Bitcoin miners are rewarded with new bitcoins for eac