From shotguns to laser beams, developers have had a long time to perfect
our virtual weapons of choice, but this year has gifted us some firearms that feel so good we'd struggle to choose any others at the firing range.
The DFS highlights three areas
of particular concern: ensuring payments are processed quickly to build user confidence that money will not «get stuck in a digital black hole»; ensuring
virtual currencies do not become the tool
of choice for terrorists, drug smugglers, illegal
weapons dealers, money launderers, and human traffickers; making sure that the use
of bitcoin as an investment is governed properly.