The last paragraph of the article, literally verbatim: If it does take off, it will probably start small. It’s not hard to picture groups of friends using it t

The last paragraph of the article, literally verbatim: If it does take off, it will probably start small. It’s not hard to picture groups of friends using it to create custom coins based on inside jokes. Anderson says there would actually be a big benefit in the system being used in this way, since it would get people to create and maintain public encryption keys, setting the stage for more interesting uses later on. “Everything has to start out as a joke these days,” he says. “Otherwise people won’t take them seriously.”