{"id":331,"date":"2013-11-09T01:35:00","date_gmt":"2013-11-09T01:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.holytransaction.com\/richard-brown-executive-architect-ib\/"},"modified":"2013-11-09T01:35:00","modified_gmt":"2013-11-09T01:35:00","slug":"richard-brown-executive-architect-ibm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/holytransaction.com\/blog\/2013\/11\/richard-brown-executive-architect-ibm.html","title":{"rendered":"Richard Brown, executive architect, IBM thinks the future for crypto-currencies looks very bright."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bitcoin, the world&#8217;s first decentralised digital currency, entered mainstream consciousness this year: Bitcoin-focused startups are accessing venture capital and industry commentators talk about it as an important international payment mechanism of the future. But are we interpreting its significance too narrowly? 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