
“We are moving to a world that uses currencies secured by cryptographical systems. It’s time our social and political institutions seriously consider what this will mean for them and the people they protect and represent, argues argues Carl Miller, Research Director at the Centre for the Analysis of Social Media at think tank Demos.”
http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2013-12/16/bitcoin-demos
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