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Initiative Q is not the new Bitcoin, but here’s why the idea has value

  • Written by Brendan Markey-Towler, Researcher, The University of Queensland
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Could free units of a new digital currency end up being worth thousands of dollars?

Initiative Q, which is aggressively marketing itself on social media, wants you to think so. It urges you to sign up now, and get your friends to do so as well, to maximise the value of your free “Q” currency. This has invited comparisons to...

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