Other exponents would join over the years. From 1996 to 2009, e-gold, a gold-based digital currency, amassed millions of users before being shut down by the U.S. government. By 1997, Coca-Cola introduced mobile payments for vending machines, and PayPal began offering its USD-based service in 1998. aLL of the above were fully dependent on banks and governments, though. money still came from the same ultimate source: a national central bank.
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