Digital currencies

Published 2014-04

Products and services using Digital currencies are generally available around 2017

Verdict

hitTwo blind graders agree (D7, rule D37). The auditor agent confirmed it (D11).

Grader A: hit

Coinbase let consumers buy and sell bitcoin by bank transfer from October 2012 and had one million users in 2014, before the poster's mark.

Test: D37 Horizons: digital currencies buyable and spendable by ordinary consumers by 2019 (earlier counts).

Coinbase (Wikipedia) (2012-10): Consumer bitcoin buying and selling launched October 2012; one million users in 2014.

Grader B: hit

Bitcoin could be bought on exchanges (Coinbase from 2012) and spent at merchants (Overstock, 2014) before 2017.

Test: Consumers could buy/use digital currency by 2019 (earlier counts).

id: hz-2014-079
category: Digital and communication technologies
kind: technology
target year: 2017
placed year: 2017
milestones: {"scientifically_viable":2014,"mainstream":2016,"financially_viable":2017}
confidence: high
note: Numbered dot (mainstream point) at 2015.8, between the 2015 and 2016 lines, nearer 2016 (read as 2016). Bar from 2013.8 to 2017.2: scientifically viable ~2014, financially viable ~2017. The bar reaches the inner edge of the grid (~2014), so scientific viability may be at or before the chart start. Sub-area: Electronics.