Bitcoin Invades Mainstream Banking System [wealthcycles]

Digital Currency Exchange, Bitcoin-Central, has been authorized by the French government to conduct bank style operations. In an announcement last month on bitcointalk.org, Paymium, the organization behind Bitcoin-Central said this:

If you’ve been following the crypto-currency story, you will realize that this is a huge step forward. For the first time a crypto-currency exchange has been brought into the mainstream banking circle, allowing believers in the idea of free choice in currency the opportunity to transact business through traditional channels.

Bitcoin is, fundamentally, a currency; and, like any other currency, its purpose is to provide a means of exchanging good and services between individuals. Unlike government-sanctioned currency, however, the premise of Bitcoin is to remove the centralized, governing force from taking over the creation of the currency.