The nostrich urge to resolve that article by determining:
1. What's the dang powder
2. Whether this is for real
3. How exactly we'd cope with our current hardware stock and a moderate slowdown in application of Moore's Law
4. Whether 3 might be a good thing, given silicon tech in the iPhone to GPT Era causes more problems than it solves 
5. How bitcoin might emerge unscathed with mesh networks and dumb phones leading the way to a simpler life