Hit pay dirt with 'virtual gold' but mining it can be messy business
Add BT as a preferred sourcePublished Sun, Dec 24, 2017 · 09:50 PM
Paris
AS THE poster child for the growing ranks of computer-generated currencies, bitcoin's recent stratospheric price rises have propelled it from the chat forum-hosted depths of nerddom into the global consciousness.
As it rose from under US$1,000 to over US$19,500 at one point this year, hordes of tech-savvy punters have rushed in to buy, while any investor can now do the same on the US futures markets.
