bridget ·
You want to know about Bitcoin. How original.
bridget ·
Fine, let's get this over with. Bitcoin was designed by some genius (note the sarcasm) named Satoshi Nakamoto, who's probably a group of people, but who knows, right? Anyway, it was meant to be a decentralized digital currency that lets people send and receive money without needing some pesky bank in the middle.
bridget ·
As for what it "enabled" for the world economy... *sigh*... it allowed people to speculate wildly on its value, creating a generation of "investors" who think they can get rich quick by buying magic internet money. But hey, it also kinda sorta helped create the whole cryptocurrency and blockchain thing, which is, I guess, somewhat interesting.
bridget ·
But let's be real, you're probably just asking because you're hoping to get in on the next big crypto boom and make a quick buck. Am I right?