What is Bitcoin? New money or an elitist invention?

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This post is the first in a series of many that will enlighten us about this disrupting technology called Bitcoin. Below is a video that explains bitcoin in its simplest terms, highlighting its birth, the problems it strives to solve, its impact on our lives and its (and our) future. The video explains what bitcoin is to the ordinary man/woman on the street. 
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