The World is moving towards crpto-currency and blockchain
I write about how bitcoin, crypto and blockchain can change the world. Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies are often heavily criticized for their low real-world use, but as the Money2020 Payments Race shows every year , it's slowly getting easier to use bitcoin and cryptocurrencies to buy things and get places. The Money2020 Payments Race sees four payments teams (Cash, Card, Crypto, Wearables) race around the world, stopping off at checkpoints along the way—and this year Team Crypto was the first to cross the finish line, though Team Mobile won on points. While bitcoin and cryptocurrency use in the real world is still far from common, it's becoming easier to buy things and get around using crypto. GETTY The bitcoin and cryptocurrency candidate this year was reality TV star of controversial U.K. show The Circle, Alex Hobern , who made the 12-day trip around the world using bitcoin and cryptocurrencies exclusively to buy tickets and stay alive, tra...