Nathaniel Popper on Bitcoin and Digital Gold
EconTalk
The Rise and Fall of Mt. Gox
This chapter examines the role of Bitcoin exchanges, focusing on the infamous Mt. Gox and its eventual collapse in 2014. It highlights the centralization issues that contradicted Bitcoin's original principles and the implications of misplaced trust in exchanges on user confidence and the cryptocurrency ecosystem.
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