dont know what to say. disappointed. I think your "Doctor " need a bit of a history lesson on the Crypto currency and not virtual currency. the reasons for the existence of crypto currency and the reasons what the crypto currency needs miners to verify transactions. Looks like the identifying owners part is what ticked me off.
but then again the press has a way of twisting peoples words. so i will give the benefit of the doubt on that .
She mailed back with an apology for the mistakes.
Well, another bunch of people now know what Bitcoin is, so am OK with the end outcome.
Nilam was talking about a project from the foundation called 'Bitcoin Identified'. I will post a link to the paper that he had written for it.
Bitcoin is way ahead of its time for mainstream media in India.