The original article about Bitcoin that appeared on the Economist blog contained a wealth of technical information and a balanced debate on its merits and probl

The original article about Bitcoin that appeared on the Economist blog contained a wealth of technical information and a balanced debate on its merits and problems. This article reads like a poorly summarized version of it. This is unfortunate, considering it is based directly on the original article: http://www.economist.com/blogs/babbage/2011/06/virtual-currency http://www.economist.com/blogs/babbage/2011/06/virtual-curre...