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Schmidt: Google Once Considered Issuing Currency

Posted by Soulskill on from the not-willing-to-nationalize-the-us-government-yet dept.

itwbennett writes "In his keynote speech at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Google Chairman Eric Schmidt said the company once 'had various proposals to have [its] own currency [it was] going to call Google Bucks.' The idea was to implement a 'peer-to-peer money' system, but it was squelched by legal issues."

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  1. Re:Digital Rothschilds by jhoegl · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Oh the linnsanity!