Bitcoin Hits $1 Billion - IEEE Spectrum

posted on 30/03/2013 23:58

http://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/computing/networks/bitcoin-hits-1-billion

Bitcoin, the world’s first open source cryptographic currency, which has been on a tear since the beginning of this year, set a new record for itself yesterday afternoon as the price listed on the largest online exchange rose past US $92. With nearly 11 million Bitcoins in circulation*, this sets the total worth of the currency just over one billion dollars.