Adam Kujawa
2012-08-24
http://blog.malwarebytes.org/intelligence/2012/08/passing-the-bitcoin/
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Conclusion
BitCoin takes Science Fiction straight from the paper and puts it into reality, one where virtual money and real money are equal in value. I do not expect BitCoin or anything that might be similar to it, to be going away any time soon. I also think that making purchases in the future will rely even more on an international tender that exists in the physical world as nothing more than binary code. However, it is important to realize that as we put more and more of our dependencies, our assets and ourselves in the digital hands of the internet, we are opening the door for cyber-criminals to walk in and take it all from under our noses.
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