Do you partake? This started as an underground economy on the net, often used for more illicit purchases that has grown way beyond that now.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2013/04/11/technology-bitcoin-virtual-currency.html
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2013/04/11/technology-bitcoin-virtual-currency.html
It's transactions like these — up to 70,000 of them each day over the past month — that have propelled bitcoins from the world of internet oddities to the cusp of mainstream use, a remarkable breakthrough for a currency which made its online debut only four years ago.
When they first began pinging across the Internet, bitcoins could buy you almost nothing. Now, there's almost nothing bitcoins can't buy. From hard drugs to hard currency, songs to survival gear, cars to consumer goods, retailers are rushing to welcome the virtual currency whose unofficial symbol is a dollar-like, double-barred B.
Advocates describe Bitcoin as the foundation stone of a Utopian economy: no borders, no change fees, no closing hours, and no one to tell you what you can and can't do with your money.