{"592410":{"#nid":"592410","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Ethereum, Bitcoin and Litecoin: Will Investing in Cyrptocurrency Make You Rich? Here\u0027s What to Know","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIan Bogost, professor in the Georgia Tech School of Literature, Media, and Communication, Graduate Program in Digital Media, was quoted in an article in\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EPayoff\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp; \u0026ldquo;Ethereum, Bitcoin and Litecoin: Will Investing in Cyrptocurrency Make You Rich? Here\u0026#39;s What to Know\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EExcerpt:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cblockquote\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;The vast majority of bitcoin proponents are now\u0026nbsp;either in finance or government,\u0026rdquo;\u0026nbsp;said Ian Bogost, an author,\u0026nbsp;professor and game designer who has\u0026nbsp;written about bitcoin for the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/technology\/archive\/2017\/05\/blockchain-of-command\/528543\/\u0022\u003EAtlantic\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u0026ldquo;And for them, the speculative\u0026nbsp;aspect is like a repurposing. The speculatists\u0026nbsp;couldn\u0026rsquo;t give a shit what they\u0026rsquo;re speculating on, what the object is. Just that there is the possibility of substantial gain.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFor the full article, read\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/mic.com\/articles\/178447\/ethereum-bitcoin-and-litecoin-will-investing-in-cryptocurrency-make-you-rich-heres-what-to-know#.XYGASPRA3\u0022\u003Ehere.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34508","created_gmt":"2017-06-05 14:20:36","changed_gmt":"2017-06-21 14:52:53","author":"oadebola3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"ECE Cares","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/mic.com\/articles\/178447\/ethereum-bitcoin-and-litecoin-will-investing-in-cryptocurrency-make-you-rich-heres-what-to-know#.XYGASPRA3","dateline":{"date":"2017-06-05T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2017-06-05T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"464951":{"id":"464951","type":"image","title":"Ian Bogost","body":null,"created":"1449256395","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 19:13:15","changed":"1475895211","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:53:31","alt":"Ian Bogost","file":{"fid":"203717","name":"41kryk0zhul.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/41kryk0zhul_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/41kryk0zhul_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":24980,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/41kryk0zhul_0.jpg?itok=-GpfC_dg"}}},"media_ids":["464951"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"1283","name":"School of Literature, Media, and Communication"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}