Here's a short 2 min. video explaining the peer-to-peer world of bitcom:
https://www.weusecoins.com/en/
And.....is it going to influence the price of GOLD and SILVER...a tortoise and hare metaphor?
From zerohedge: http://www.zerohedge.com/contributed/2013-04-09/bitcoins-or-gold-part-i