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March 5th, 2014 Austin, Texas USA: Bitcoin ATM machine located inside Central Texas Gun Works. Bitcoin was launched in 2009 and is a decentralized digital currency that is traded mostly online and person to person rather than through banks. The Austin ATM is the first of its kind in the USA to dispense cash. (Photo by Robert Daemmrich Photography Inc/Corbis via Getty Images)

March 5th, 2014 Austin, Texas USA: Bitcoin ATM machine located inside Central Texas Gun Works. Bitcoin was launched in 2009 and is a decentralized digital currency that is traded mostly online and person to person rather than through banks. The Austin ATM is the first of its kind in the USA to dispense cash. (Photo by Robert Daemmrich Photography Inc/Corbis via Getty Images)