Bitcoin received official recognition

The European Central Bank has published a 55-page publication devoted to the study of existing virtual payment systems. The document examines in detail the examples of currencies Second Life and Bitcoin. The most interesting thing is that, firstly, at least a quarter of the document is devoted to Bitcoin, and, secondly, the conclusions of the study seem to be completely objective and moreover contain a positive characteristic for this currency and its circulation system.

This event actually means the official recognition of the existence of this currency, its solvency and solvency. In addition, prospects are opening for the legalization of the work of futures exchanges, such as icbit.se . The latter, by the way, launched non-deliverable futures trading for cocaine, gold and oil

• www.ecb.europa.eu/pub/pdf/other/virtualcurrencyschemes201210en.pdf - the document itself.

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• bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=121187.0
• economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international-business/virtual-currencies-could-tarnish-central-banks-image-ecb-research/articleshow/17011653.cms
• blog.bitinstant.com/blog/2012/10/30/the-ecb-report-on-bitcoin-and-virtual-currencies.html
• www.finextra.com/news/Fullstory.aspx?newsitemid=24231

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