20 July 2011

Can Bitcoin survive after #hack?

Bitcoin – the online currency used to buy Alpaca wool socks and illegal drugs whose value dropped from$17.50 to "pennies" after a June 19 hack into its currency exchanger, Mt.Gox –has gotten plenty of media attention. But unless consumers and merchants can be persuaded that adopting it will make them better off, it's likely to go the way of other online currencies.

http://blogs.forbes.com/petercohan/2011/06/28/can-bitcoin-survive-is-it-legal/

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