“Independent merchants use it to receive online payments directly from customers, WikiLeaks uses it to dodge financial barricades, and drug users use Bitcoin to shop anonymously on the Internet’s black market. But not everything works smoothly. At a conference this month in London, Bitcoin’s core developers and many of those who are building applications to make it more user-friendly confronted the currency’s setbacks of the past year and planned a course forward intended to elevate it from a niche technophile currency into one that competes with physical money on all levels.”
Related posts:
Google 'Donates' Millions For San Francisco Kids' City Bus Fares
UK tax office to get power to raid bank accounts without court order
How will Obama defend secret NSA program in court? Letter offers clue.
US, S. Korea to stage massive air exercise in show of force against N. Korea
Diversion of Bolivian president’s plane enrages Latin American leaders
Taxes: What Are Your Chances of Being Audited?
China may cut U.S. debt holdings
U.S. Government Calls for Limits on Companies' Use of Web Data
PayPal boss to discuss Bitcoin in keynote address at 2014 trade show
Federal Europe will be 'a reality in a few years', says commission president
Greek island authorities denounce attack on tax police
Countering rupee devaluation: Pakistani govt slaps temporary ban on gold imports
Embargoed EU Goods Actively Re-Imported to Russia via Belarus
This Chart Explains Why Politicians Aren't Like The Rest of Us
Bitcoin Compensation for Open-Source Software Development
