2013-06-07 Bitcoin has more staying power than other digital currencies

[cescan]

http://www.startribune.com/business/210640521.html

In its fourth year of circulation now, the decentralized online-only form of money has evolved from a libertarian-styled geek curiosity to a contender for becoming the first digital currency to go truly mainstream. There are now more than 11 million “coins” created worth more than $1 billion. Lumpy and volatile as it is, the math-based cash is one of the fastest rising alternative currencies in a world filled with them.

[cypherdoc]

It's true.