English News Today – Bitcoin supporters promise banking ‘revolution’

Published on May 19, 2013
English News Today

The new virtual currency Bitcoin: You can’t touch it; you can only spend it online or with a smart phone. But supporters of Bitcoin say it will revolutionise banking. And now some workers are even being paid with the new system. Al Jazeera’s Rob Reynolds went to meet one man who’s doing just that, and finds out how his salary has gone up ten-fold.

Why Bitcoiners Believe In The Digital Currency

Uploaded on May 9, 2013
After a week of living on the crypto-currency, Forbes reporter Kashmir Hill invites Bitcoin enthusiasts to a dinner meet-up to help her spend the rest of her digital wallet and share their views on the alternative currency.