Virtual currency gets real

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Jun 2012Publisher:Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)Journal:IEEE Spectrum, volume 49, pages 52-53 (issn: 0018-9235,

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Authors: Rachel Courtland;

doi: 10.1109/mspec.2012.6204182

Virtual currency gets real

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Virtual currency is what you use to pay for a virtual tractor for your virtual farm or for a healing elixir for your avatar. But the market for digital scrip is expanding, leading some to speculate that virtual currencies will one day grow so large that they'll have a big effect on real-world economies. Opinions are split about whether that will be a good thing or a bad thing.

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