I'm not a guru when it comes to economic terms and what they mean in economic theory.
However I was looking at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creative_destructionIt occurred to me that bitcoin and/or crypto-currencies may be a form of creative destruction in the banking industry.
As people become less reliant upon tradition banking in favor of crypto-currencies, traditional banking may be in for a world of hurt, an old financial order being replaced by a new.
Is this a valid look at what bitcoin is doing?
I took a class on macro-economics my freshman year of college when I was 17, and I do not want to admit how long ago that was.
Let me put it to you this way, we still used 5.25 floppies and the `stoned' and `jerusalem' boot sector viruses were a big problem.
Lotus 1-2-3 was the app you had to know for business. The science classes however preferred Quatro Pro.
I got an A but I can't name a single concept I learned that semester.
I'd like to hear the hear the opinion of people who have studied economics more recently.
Thank you.