Why Bitcoin is Here to Stay: Q&A with Jerry Brito

Don't bet on the decentralized currency Bitcoin as a retirement investment, says Mercatus Center policy analyst Jerry Brito, but go long on it as the payment system of the future. Reason's Nick Gillespie talks with Brito, the editor of the new anthology Copyright Unbalanced, about Bitcoin bubbles and why governments are so afraid of this virtual payment system.

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About 5.20 minutes.

Interview by Nick Gillespie. Shot by Amanda Winkler and Joshua Swain; edited by Swain.

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