Andresen on BitCoin and Virtual Currency
- Author
- EconTalk: Russ Roberts
- Published
- Mon 04 Apr 2011
- Episode Link
- http://files.libertyfund.org/econtalk/y2011/Andresenbitcoin.mp3
Gavin Andresen, Principal of the BitCoin Virtual Currency Project, talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about BitCoin, an innovative attempt to create a decentralized electronic currency. Andresen explains the origins of BitCoin, how new currency gets created, how you can acquire BitCoins and the prospects for BitCoin's future. Can it compete with government-sanctioned money? How can users trust it? What threatens BitCoin and how might it thrive?
