DocumentCode :
1523098
Title :
Virtual currency gets real
Author :
Courtland, R.
Volume :
49
Issue :
6
fYear :
2012
fDate :
6/1/2012 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage :
52
Lastpage :
53
Abstract :
Virtual currency is what you use to pay for a virtual tractor for your virtual farm or for a healing elixir for your avatar. But the market for digital scrip is expanding, leading some to speculate that virtual currencies will one day grow so large that they´ll have a big effect on real-world economies. Opinions are split about whether that will be a good thing or a bad thing.
Keywords :
Cryptography; Currency; Digital systems; Exchange rates; Government policies; Online banking; Privacy;
fLanguage :
English
Journal_Title :
Spectrum, IEEE
Publisher :
ieee
ISSN :
0018-9235
Type :
jour
DOI :
10.1109/MSPEC.2012.6204182
Filename :
6204182
Link To Document :
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