Scary for Anyone Who Reads Revelation...

Okay, 1,500 people in the world have embedded a Bitcoin wallet in their hand...

Bitcoins, for the uninitiated, are a virtual digital currency not backed by any government. Do not let the photos of the actual coins in this article throw you off - there are a few, but Bitcoins are "mined" digitally by donating computer power to oversee encrypted transactions. Hence the reasons the "wallets" are on data chips.

Although it is 888 bits and not 666 - this is still quite scary for anyone who reads Revelation. The mark of the beast will be something in the hand or eyebrow that will allow you to carry out financial transactions in a time when the world has become a cashless society.

Right now Bitcoins are extraordinarily valuable and although they can buy normal things they are the preferred method for conducting illicit business - drugs, sex slaves, hitmen, etc. The only way you can currently get a Bitcoin is through mining (which becomes progressively difficult and has a programmed cutoff date when it will no longer be able to take place), buying a Bitcoin outright with the government currency of your choice, or selling something to someone and allowing them to pay you in Bitcoins.