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03 Oct '12, 2pm

Bitcoin Foundation hopes to revive reputation of online currency

It was an idea that first emerged at the end of the heyday of cyber-utopianism: Bitcoin , the virtual and universal currency that could be exchanged for goods and services online, the brainchild of a mysterious pseudonymous cryptographer. Since its formal launch in 2009, Bitcoin has been adopted by a variety of organisations, including WikiLeaks, the Electronic Frontier Freedom Foundation (albeit briefly) and a number of online traders. But others, too, saw its unique advantages – including criminals who have allegedly used it for money-laundering. More recently a Bitcoin savings and loan bank came under investigation for being a fraudulent Ponzi scheme. Now, following these controversies, some of its leading supporters have launched a foundation designed to rehabilitate the reputation of the fledging online "currency". The Bitcoin Foundation is modelled on the Linux Found...

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