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	Podcast:		EconTalk Archives, 2011
	Episode:		Andresen on BitCoin and Virtual Currency
	Category:		Education
	Duration:		00:57:51
	Publish Date:		2011-04-04 06:30:00
	Description:		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?
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