Intro to Bitcoin

From Monetarism, an introductory article on Bitcoin:

In February 2013, version 0.8.0 of Bitcoin was released. This virtual payments system is the financial equivalent of Latin, the language with no native speakers. In the case of Bitcoin, though, what you are dealing with is a financial structure with no central bank, no one regulatory body as such, and no physical form.  That may sound odd – so let’s look in more detail at Bitcoin, how it works, and what its future might be . . .