24 Jan '14, 5pm

Why bitcoin could fail

Why bitcoin could fail

As the virtual currency goes mainstream, many of the reasons why investors embrace bitcoin could go away. By Sanjay Sanghoee FORTUNE -- Every few years the world of technology witnesses a revolution, the next big development with the potential to change how we function and to spawn a highly profitable new industry. There's been the explosion of personal computers, followed by the Internet, smartphones, tablets, cloud computing, and other large and small disruptive technologies. The latest such game-changer seems to be the arrival of virtual currencies, personified by the biggest player in that arena: bitcoin. On the surface, bitcoin seems like a great idea and maybe an inevitable one. Bitcoins (the actual units of this virtual currency) are a form of electronic money that can be traded directly between parties; do not require the physical backing of gold, dollars, or any o...

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