Cartoon: A Question of Trust
Bitcoin has successfully gained the trust of its community, while Facebook has a challenge ahead. According to a survey by CivicScience just 2 percent of respondents felt they could trust Facebook’s libra digital currency and its wallet more than bitcoin. As in the legend of William Tell, Mark Zuckerberg better prove to be a good shot if people are going to trust libra as much as they trust bitcoin.
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