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Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying About Virtual Currency and Love Free Computers You've seen the headlines everywhere for this 'bitcoin' stuff. It's been called the most disruptive, secure and sound currency ever created, but it exists in a weird world of very complicated mathematics and poor public perception. Most people just want to know what's the catch? Without getting into mechanics of these principles, understand that bitcoins are abstract representations of energy used to create it, and that they have absolutely no realworld purpose.Collecting bitcoins is in many ways, a lot like collecting stamps.
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