Bitcoin: Whatever It Is, It's Not Money!

Steve Forbes, Forbes Staff, Forbes
Tue, 04/16/2013 - 7:50am

When governments undermine faith in their currencies people turn to alternatives. Weak as the dollar has been in recent years, for example, it is still seen in many parts of the world as infinitely preferable to the local money, which is why most of our physical currency- especially our hundred dollar bills-- circulate outside the US.

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