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Transaction impossible to forge. each transaction is verified and recorded by other bitcoin users in a kind of digital ledger called a block chain. how they do it is not really important for the purposes of this story, but the fact that digital currency allows for annan nimity is super important. why, you ask? well, guess who suddenly really interested in crypto currency? guess who suddenly appears to be interested in creating a russian version of crypto currency similar to bitcoin? ill give you...

Johnson, a former cia officer and a contributor to "the daily beast." he wrote an eye catching story this weekend called why is the kremlin suddenly obsessed with crypto currencies. mark, thanks for being here. why is the kremlin so interested in crypto currencies? >> i think theres a lot of reasons why the russians would be interested in crypto currencies. there are plenty of very legitimate uses for them, and the banking industry in the united states and elsewhere is exhibiting a lot of intere...

This guy -- theres a parliamentarian who said hes interested in not bitcoin specifically but other types of crypto currencies, and he thought that they were actually away they could get around sanctions. he actually told this to a conference. but the key point was who this guy is. hes one of the two guys that they believe is responsible for the death of a russian spy with poisoning in london. so that really got my attention. >> your story has certainly gotten our attention. mark c. johnson, than...

Guy is. hes one of the two guys that they believe is responsible for the death of a russian spy with poisoning in london. so that really got my attention. >> your story has certainly gotten our attention. mark c johnson, thank you so much for walking us through all of that. >> thanks for having me, joy. two things to keep an eye on this week. one, rachel will be back here tomorrow night. those of you who just tweeted me, that is the answer to your question. two, well, for that, youre going to ...

Happened sometime today and blurred a few digits just to be on the safe side. we have no idea who this transaction is between or what its about. bitcoin is a crypto currency, which is a fancy way of saying it uses encryption to keep transactions safe. i cant pretend to be you, and you cant pretend to be me when we trade with bitcoin because of the encryption, and it makes the transaction impossible to forge. each transaction is verified and recorded by other bitcoin users in a kind of digital le...