It’s hard out there for a virtual currency. Bitcoin prices collapsed 23 percent Monday night after a technical glitch forced developers to call for a temporary halt to Bitcoin-related transactions, but prices have since gone back up.

Bitcoin has been trading at record prices in recent weeks, likely due to a number of major deals to get more people and companies easy access to the currency. But the “miners” that create new Bitcoins from powerful computers must work on making new Bitcoins using the same rules or else it can cause havoc for all parties.
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