Rise of Bitcoin causing a reexamination of basic questions about finance and currency

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<div>The still pseudonymous Satoshi Nakamoto published the first paper about Bitcoin (“Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System”) in October 2008. For several years after that, the <b>virtual currency</b> remained on the margins of the vast financial market, little more than a low buzz on the fringe. But now ...</div>