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Bitten by #Bitcoin yet?

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Photo by <a href="https://visualhunt.com/author/158253">aronbaker2</a> on <a href="https://visualhunt.com/re/bc0051">Visualhunt.com</a> / <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/"> CC BY</a> What were the chances for a digital, cryptography-based currency skyrocketing at exorbitant prices, backed by the support of a cohort, with the likes of the famous  Winklevoss  brothers?  It's been a great ride for people who were risk takers and decided to invest in a virtually unknown sort of currency, that seemed futuristic, and wasn't bounded by regulatory bodies.  The  Winklevoss  brothers themselves, used around 11mn from the lump-sum amount received from Facebook in a dispute settlement, to see promising returns. Boy! Have those returns multi-folded in the past years, more so within 2017.  Starting at a mere $1000 per share, the valuation of bitcoin has zoomed to $19,000 per share, all than...