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How Cryptocurrency Works
Cryptocurrency is a new digital method of transmitting money, the most popular form of which is called Bitcoin. Today there are more than 300 forms of digital currency and it appears that this technological form of money is here to stay. Hari Sreenivasan hits down with Paul Vigna, Wall Street Journal reporter and author of The Age of Cryptocurrency.
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