Can Bitcoin Offer Hope to Skidding Local and National Economies?
Morgen E. Peck
2012-10-03
http://txchnologist.com/post/32799981468/can-bitcoin-offer-hope-to-skidding-local-and-national...
Many Bitcoin proponents envision a future in which we are all using the same digital cryptocurrency, sidestepping banks and credit cards to directly exchange money with others online, and gradually asphyxiating the financial powers that be. It’s a grand scheme.
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The jury is still out on whether Bitcoin will attract enough users to become a global, Internet currency. In the right hands, it could also change the world by reshaping regional economies.
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