In 2017, one of the most divisive debates in financial markets centers around the rapid rise of bitcoin.

Judging by feedback on The Wall Street Journal’s recent articles about the cryptocurrency, the discussion is only getting more polarized.

True believers, emboldened by bitcoin’s more-than-500% surge this year, have fervently denounced any suggestion that this is just another financial market frenzy.

Naysayers, echoing prominent critics like J.P. Morgan Chase Chief Executive Jamie Dimon, are sticking to the view that bitcoin has become vastly overvalued. As evidence, they cite bitcoin’s periodic slumps, such as its recent more-than-25% plunge in four days.

The fevered debate has been on full view after a WSJ article and video published last week posed the admittedly provocative question: “Bitcoin: The World’s Most Dramatic Bubble Ever?”