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Bitcoin to Launch Debit Card

BitInstant partnering with Mastercard

Reason Staff | 8.24.2012 8:36 AM


Created in January of 2009, Bitcoin is an experimental digital currency that enables instant payments to anyone, anywhere in the world. Given its relatively anonymous nature, Bitcoins have been linked to e-commerce transactions involvingillegal drugs, porn, and poker, among other things.

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