Understanding How Bitcoin Transcends Traditional Boundaries
Bitcoin goes beyond being a cross-border digital currency whose value is determined by the free market. It’s also an exercise in rethinking money itself.
Mark Pey
July 23, 2014
Eugene Aono, a spokesperson for BMEX bitcoin exchange, demonstrates usage of the company's Robocoin-branded automated teller machine (ATM) at The Pink Cow restaurant and bar in Tokyo, Japan, on Wednesday, June 18, 2014. Bitcoin, proposed by an anonymous programmer or programmers in 2008, has drawn entrepreneurs and retailers looking to popularize it as a low-cost alternative to established payment systems, supplanting credit cards to international wire transfers. Photographer: Yuriko Nakao/Bloomberg *** Local Caption *** Eugene Aono
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