Bitcoin in Greece

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Greeks are turning to the decentralised crypto-currency Bitcoin. It is money that is entirely digital and exists as strings of encrypted numbers on volunteers’ computers around the world. Being decentralised like this keeps it out of the reach of regulators. Andreas Antonopoulos speaks to Click about the role it might play during the current Greek fiscal difficulties. (Photo caption: a pile of Bitcoins © George Frey/Getty Images)