This episode of Virtually Policy is part one of a two-part interview with virtual currency expert Jon Matonis. Jon is editor of The Monetary Future, an economics blog that examines the intersection of free banking, cryptography, and digital currency. His work on digital cash has been published by Dow Jones and the London School of Economics, and he was previously CEO of Hushmail and Chief Forex Trader at VISA. Currently Jon is a board advisor to startups in Bitcoin, gaming, prepaid and mobile payment systems.
In this part of the interview we focus on the nature of currency and characteristics of virtual currencies, including Facebook Credits, Warcraft Gold and Linden Dollars.
Next week, in the second half of the interview Jon focuses on Bitcoin – what it is, how it works and how it relates to human rights.
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Guests
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External Links
- Jon Matonis
- The Monetary Future blog
- Forbes Piece: Virtual Currencies & Roach Motels
- Virtual Currencies mentioned in the podcast:
- Edward Castronova’s Terranova blog post on Bitcoin
- See also
- Ren Reynolds’s Terranova blog post on Bitcoin
- Other Virtual Currencies
- Hub Culture’s Ven (eco currency)
- The Terra: Trade Reference Currency (TRC)
- Local Currencies
- Time Banks
Podcast music: “For the Horde” kindly provided by 100 Robots.
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