Sorry @Shawn, couldn't make it through the podcast with Doctorow. One, the language. Two, the moment he said money was originally a creation of the state for the purposes of taxation, I knew he hasn't done his homework.

I have to wire $1000 today. Cost me $35. Should arrive by 4pm. I also sent and even larger Bitcoin transaction. Cost about a dime and took 30 minutes to be mined in a block.