Bitcoin is good for payment to informants. Was it invented for that purpose?

Las Vegas casinos begin accepting Bitcoin

Los Angeles (AFP) - Two Las Vegas casinos will become the city's first toaccept the Bitcoin virtual currency from this week, their owners announced.
Bitcoin was invented in the wake of the global financial crisis by amysterious computer guru using the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto.

Unlike other currencies, Bitcoin does not have the backing of a centralbank or government. Instead, the units are generated by a complex computeralgorithm designed by one or more anonymous people in 2009.
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