Alternative Currency Challenges and Opportunities (Part 1): Community Currency
This will be the first in a series of posts exploring the behavior of various types of alternative currency. Despite support from numerous and disparate interest groups, few alternative currencies have yet offered much in the way of relevant competition to traditional national currencies. The most promising options to date, notably Paypal and Facebook Credits, have devolved into payment systems rather than realizing the goal of becoming independent currencies. Why did these leading platforms avo
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