Are Bitcoins and Unusual Hats the Future of Currency? | Idea Channel | PBS Digital Studios [UL-mrUMKEEl]

Are Bitcoins and Unusual Hats the Future of Currency? | Idea Channel | PBS Digital Studios [UL-mrUMKEEl]

| 1h 28m 28s | Video has closed captioning.

Viewers like you help make PBS (Thank you 😃) . Support your local PBS Member Station here: If you've ever played Team Fortress 2, you know how valuable hats are. To those who haven't: yes, HATS! If a community agrees on the value of something, then that thing can become a currency, to exchange for other goods. Just like american dollar bills (or euros, yen, or any other currency), or... bitcoins. Bitcoins are an online currency worth over $200,000,000, and though they are just 1s and 0s, some think that this is the future of money. On the other hand... mo bitcoins mo problems. Let us know what sorts of crazy ideas you have, about this episode and otherwise: Tweet at us! @pbsideachannel (yes, the longest twitter username ever) Email us! pbsideachannel [at] gmail [dot] com Idea Channel Facebook! Hosted by Mike Rugnetta (@mikerugnetta) Made by Kornhaber Brown ( Links: What is a Bitcoin? Music: Roglok: Binarpilot: Pocaille: EatMe: Want some more Idea Channel? Here's Last Week's episode: "Is Futurama the Best Argument Against Transhumanism?" Want another one? Here ya go: "Are MP3s & Vinyl Better Than Live Music?" Here's Some More: "Top 5 Most Artful Video Games" #bitcoin etf hong kong #crypto trading bot deutsch #bitcoin selber minen