New Currency, the "Anti-Bitcoin" Is Arriving
Another digital currency has made its way into our midst, and it appears to have an agenda all its own. eCurrency Mint, a startup backed by eBay founder Pierre Omidyar, is pitching a centralized digital currency that defies everything its "crypto-predecessor" stands for. The currency will have the attributes of both physical money and bitcoins, and supplies would be determined based on each receiving country's monetary policy. The primary goal behind the new virtual coin will be to prevent transactions from ever being traced, a heavily favored characteristic amongst all users who value....
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