TL;DR – We have dug ourselves in trouble by way of varying measures of monetary expression. Bitcoin gives us, at the very least, a standard unit with which to measure the distance to the surface. The ...

For most of us, bitcoin is more than a little confusing. Does it work like real money? Is it physical or only online? And how do you even use it? Cryptocurrency is still fairly new and still very ...

WIRED has been reporting on digital currency Bitcoin for several years, but in the past few months, a single bitcoin's trading value has swung significantly making it a regular fixture in headlines.