Move over Bitcoin, there’s a new digital currency in town, and it’s set to take over the Internet faster than Kanye West can steal a mic from Taylor Swift at an MTV award show. Meet Coinye West, a digital cryptocurrency that promises, “No screwed up fake ‘fair’ launches, shyster devs, muted channels, and fucked up wallets,” or in other words, a “cryptocurrency for the masses.” Well, that’s at least what its enigmatic creators (who have thus far kept their identities anonymous) told Vice’s music blog Noisey last week. More
