Ultra-secure virtual money capable of transfer across the Solar System proposed by University of Cambridge researcher

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The idea, dubbed "S-money" was inspired by quantum theory and relativity, according to Cambridge University's Professor Adrian Kent

Researchers at the University of Cambridge have proposed a theoretical form of virtual money that, they claim, would be highly secure, fast to transfer, and could also enable financial transactions...

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