bitcoin obituary

“Wired, Tired, Expired for 2012: EXPIRED – Bitcoin” – Wired | $13.30

At the height of its popularity, Bitcoin was trumpeted as a viable alternative currency for the internet age, a monetary system engineered to prevent theft, gaming, and criminalization. Then came the malware, the black market, the legal ambiguities and The Man. Today, you can’t even use it to buy Facebook stock.