<p>Step right up.</p> Photographer: Ethan Miller Tech
The recent spike in the price of Bitcoin may have been aided by the rise of a Russian Ponzi scheme in China. If so, it should be a reminder to those who believe a currency decentralization revolution is in the offing that Bitcoin largely remains a medium for illicit exchanges and that the revolution is nowhere in sight.
On Wednesday, Bitcoin reached $441, its record for a year. […]