The aggressive market intervention of central banks since the Great Recession has given rise to dissatisfaction and discontentment with the current monetary system and has prompted individuals to seek alternative forms of money that cannot be controlled by governments, which has given rise to the concept of digital currencies.

 

-Content Level: Expert-

 

In Part 1 of this episode, we discuss:

* The theory of how money works

* What digital currency is

* Why digital currencies have come to prominence in the last few years

* How digital currencies work technically

* How digital currencies are currently regulated

 

The episode is co-hosted by Dallas Post – the founder of The Post Money Plan as well as Tom Dickens – an insurance underwriter, Stephen Ngao – a fund manager for a university, and Abe Elsayed – a financial analyst at telecommunications company.

 

 

Supplemental digital currencies information can be found at:

CoinMarketCap.com

BitcoinCharts.com

Gemini – An American Digital Currency Exchange