The Bitcoin Rush
Uploaded: 25/12/2013 Duration: 5:06 Minutes Available in Hebrew
Story
Get to know the new currency which is causing bank executives to lose sleep, the Bitcoin, the new, virtual, international currency which, at this stage, is used mainly for internet purchases and speculative investments. It’s recognized by tens of thousands of businesses in the world, including Amazon, program services and others. Bitcoin is different from everything that you might have known about currency until today. It is moved via an ‘electronic wallet’ app that the user holds, and can be transferred to a business or another person who is holding this currency, which is nothing more that a row of mathematical equations. The most important question is whether the Bitcoin currency has a social message in the social-democratic economy, or whether this is another face of global capitalistic? Language:
Hebrew
Subtitles:
English