transcript: <a href="http://www.grc.com/sn/sn-287.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.grc.com/sn/sn-287.htm</a><p>"It's something that a cryptographer, a Japanese cryptographer created about two years ago called BitCoin. ... this thing really looks like it's the first solution to the concept of a distributed, non-central server, no central clearinghouse. ... it's Internet currency, which can work and is working."
I've been watching Bitcoin for the last few months. It all seems very smart and cool.<p>BitcoinWatch offers an overview of what's happening in the Bitcoin network: <a href="http://bitcoinwatch.com/" rel="nofollow">http://bitcoinwatch.com/</a><p>One bitcoin was worth 0.25 USD first time I checked. Last week or so, it had reached ~0.7 USD.<p>Today it's over 1 USD. I'm amazed.
You can download the Bitcoin software here:
<a href="http://www.bitcoin.org/" rel="nofollow">http://www.bitcoin.org/</a>
and get your first Bitcoins here:
<a href="http://freebitcoins.appspot.com/" rel="nofollow">http://freebitcoins.appspot.com/</a>