Vice Makes 15-minute Documentary on Auroracoin, Iceland’s Cryptocurrency
Vice Motherboard released a short documentary and accompanying article on Icelandic cryptocurrency Auroracoin. The film, titled The New Currency at the End of the World, runs about 15 minutes, and follows cryptocurrency advocate Mikjall Hannes as he investigates Auroracoin in Iceland. It includes Pétur Árnason, chairman of the Auroracoin Foundation, outlining his vision for spreading the currency to the people, as well as its main reason for existing: to give the people of Iceland an escape from their current wealth-bleeding financial system. First major coverage outside of Iceland since....
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