NextBillion - An Initiative of the William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan

Tuesday, October 8, 2013

A certain seediness seems to be a necessary element in getting people’s juices flowing about virtual currencies: speculative fervor, some international crooks, theWinklevii, the demise of sprawling online black market fueled by Bitcoin transactions. But the future of these “math-based currencies” is more likely to hinge on more mundane questions like: Is this a good way to send money back home to my family?