A Look at the Rise in Popularity of Bitcoin Poker | tournamentpokeredge

With a number of countries still in limbo when it comes to online poker laws, most notably the United States, a new player has emerged to fill the void in the world of online poker: Bitcoins. Bitcoins is an e-currency that is attempting to tear down the usual methods of valuing and exchanging currency, and one of the most needed areas for this new currency is online poker –where players can wait months to receive a simple bank check from online poker sites. In this column I’ll lay out the basics of Bitcoins and Poker and take a look at the current Bitcoin Poker landscape. Bitcoins Explained The best place to start is a simple explanation of precisely what Bitcoins are. Bitcoin is an e-currency (or digital currency) where the value ebbs and flows much like a stock. Bitcoins can be bought and sold on anonymous peer-to-peer exchanges and are basically valued based on what peo...

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