How Cash Would Be Seen by the Media if Invented Today
Antonis Polemitis is Managing Director of Ledra Capital. He has written a series of blog posts about bitcoin which can be found here. In this article, he casts a satirical eye over how a new currency 'cash' would be described by the press if invented today. Breaking News: Bizarre, Shadowy, Paper-Based Payment System Being Rolled Out Worldwide! World governments announced a plan today to allow citizens to anonymously carry parts of their wealth on their person and exchange it with others using small pieces of colourful paper. The paper is printed with nationalistic and Masonic imagery,....
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