A Bitcoin (virtual currency) paper wallet with QR codes and a coin are seen in an illustration picture taken at La Maison du Bitcoin in Paris, France, May 27, 2015. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier/File Photo
NEW YORK: As a debate raged across the Internet over whether the mysterious founder of the Bitcoin digital currency had finally been identified, executives at a major Bitcoin conference in New York had a simple message: we've moved on.
That's because Bitcoin, the digital currency, has largely been supplanted by blockchain, the technology that underlies it, as the main interest of investors, technology companies and financial institutions.
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