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Eric Schmidt talked about Bitcoin on MWC Keynote
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marketGuy
on 28/02/2012, 23:25:18 UTC
It seems that Eric Schmidt did just talk about P2P money on his MWC Keynote.

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Schmidt also revealed that Google wanted to create a rival to Internet peer to peer currency Bitcoin. The company planned to call it "Google Bucks." Though Schmidt said peer to peer currencies like Bitcoin are "a great idea," Google Bucks never got off the ground because these currencies are illegal in many countries.
http://money.cnn.com/2012/02/28/technology/google_future_of_internet/index.htm

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Also, Google at one point had considered a virtual currency akin to Bitcoin, named Google Bucks, but had backed off over concerns it would violate US law.
http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/02/28/google.chief.talks.phones.and.robots.at.mwc.2012/#ixzz1ninmGB00

Bad thing is, he thinks P2P money is illegal in US. On the other hand, i am not so sure if we ever want money in the hands of Google Smiley