09.04.2013 - The boom of Bitcoin: Digital currency goes viral
A new currency is taking the world by storm and has seen its value surge more than 1000 per cent from about $15 to nearly $170 since the beginning of 2013. Bitcoin is a decentralised, anonymous, digital-only currency that's lately got a lot of public attention and sparked a trading frenzy. Not managed like a typical currency, Bitcoin belongs to no particular country, is not minted on plastic, paper or metal and under the control of no central bank. And yet it has reportedly enabled a US citizen to buy Porsche Cayman last month!..............................................Full Article: Source
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