Bitcoin or Bustcoin? Digital Gold versus Physical Gold Source: www.coindesk.com Introduction The first crypto-currency, known as Bitcoin (BTC), was introduced in 2009 and initially sold for roughly 6 cents. That same coin today now fetches approximately $19,000 sporting a monstrous 300,000-fold increase in its short 8 years. In 2017 alone, Bitcoin has traded from a […]
The concept of Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD), developed during the Cold War, is a doctrine of military strategy in which two opponents possessed the ability to destroy each other. As nuclear arsenals within the United States and the old Soviet Union grew during the arms race, it was understood that neither side could “win” a […]