Back in 2009 when the first virtual coin, Bitcoin, came on the scene, very few people knew what to make of this new currency. Some said it was the wave of the future, while others said it would never catch on. The person who allegedly created the Bitcoin, Satoshi Nakamoto said (shortly after its release), “It might make sense just to get some in case it catches on. If enough people think the same way, that becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. Once it gets bootstrapped, there are so many applications if you could effortlessly pay a few cents to a website as easily as dropping coins in a vending machine.” Not only did this new virtual currency catch on, but it spread like wildfire. Within five years of its release, over 31 million transactions had taken place, with over 25 million people using the currency. Even though few people really understood the programming behind this virtual currency, the fact that it could be traded, bought and sold just like any other currency, made bitco