This episode of Virtually Policy is the second half of atwo-part interview with virtual currency expert Jon Matonis. Jon is editor of The Monetary Future, an economics blog.
In this second part of the interview we look at Bitcoin: what it is, how it works, why government don’t like it and how it might revolutionise the online gaming industry, and how it relates to human rights.
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Guests
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.