$20 Bill

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Stephen Colbert: If We Put a Woman on the Dollar Bill, It’ll Be Worth Only 77 Cents

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Aug 21, 2014 "The Colbert Report" is on a summer break, but here's a great clip you may have missed about women on U.S. currency. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Welcome to the Future of Construction: 3-D Printing

Staff / Truthdig Apr 30, 2014 A company printed 10 small buildings in Shanghai in just one day; Ron Paul explains his thoughts on Bitcoin; meanwhile, the Supreme Court is pondering whether cops require warrants to look through cellphones. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Unveiling Bitcoin’s Creator, Satoshi Nakamoto

Staff / Truthdig Mar 7, 2014 Newsweek journalist Leah McGrath Goodman claims to have revealed the face, name, location and other key details about the founder and original coder of Bitcoin, Satoshi Nakamoto. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Bitten Coin

Hajo de Reijger, Cagle Cartoons, The Netherlands Mar 3, 2014 Dig deeper

Bitcoin Toss

Steve Sack, Cagle Cartoons, The Minneapolis Star Tribune Mar 2, 2014 Dig deeper

Bitcoin

Nick Anderson / Truthdig Mar 1, 2014 Dig deeper

‘Gobbledygook’ Papers Flood Academia to Prove a Point

Staff / Truthdig Mar 1, 2014 Three MIT students set out to expose how much crud gets accepted to scientific conferences; Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni was swayed by so-called science to sign an anti-gay bill; meanwhile, Bitcoin may have some value beyond that of an online currency. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Bitcoin and the Dangerous Fantasy of ‘Apolitical’ Money

By Yanis Varoufakis Dec 26, 2013 The crash of 2008 infused our societies with enormous skepticism of government and central bank authority. Naturally, many dream of a currency that politicians and bankers cannot manipulate. Bitcoin has emerged as the great white hope of something of the sort. Alas, that hope is false. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

Berlin Embraces Bitcoin

Staff / Truthdig Aug 20, 2013 Germany is the first country to make an official decision about the status of the online currency. The nation's Finance Ministry acknowledged Bitcoin as “private money” and a “currency unit,” which means it can be taxed when used commercially, but not so for personal purposes. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

More Union in the EU Doubtful

William Pfaff / Truthdig May 1, 2013 The "More Europe" remedy favored by German Chancellor Angela Merkel seems plausible enough as a slogan, but so did the single currency. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

A Right and Proper Death of the Euro

William Pfaff / Truthdig Apr 17, 2013 A new "Alternative for Germany" political movement has erupted as a backlash against the euro, and against Germany's fellow members of the EU. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )