Bitcoin has been around for six years, but most of us are still unclear on what it is, let alone why it matters. The digital currency has a number of die-hard fans, including libertarians who want a form of money free of government control, and illegal drug traders who want a form of money the government can't trace. But that Wild West world is giving way as big investors become interested.
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