[2016-02-06] Time to do away with hard cash?

[trinaldao]

Sensing this dissatisfaction, entrepreneurs have introduced hundreds of digital currencies in the past few years, of which bitcoin is only the most famous. Now governments want in: The People's Bank of China says it intends to issue a digital currency of its own. Central banks in Ecuador, the Philippines, Britain and Canada are mulling similar ideas. At least one company has sprung up to help them along.

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