Modest CEO Harper Reed: Bitcoin Is the Future, But It's Not Ready Yet
Modest, Inc. is an interesting name for a company started by someone who proclaims himself to be “probably one of the coolest guys ever,” but the company is rising and worth keeping an eye on. What makes the company interesting from a Bitcoin community perspective isn't that they accept Bitcoin, because they don't. It's that their founder, Harper Reed, tells me that he has been a bitcoin enthusiast since 2010, and he still thinks bitcoin isn't ready for the mainstream. With more people using their phones for everything, mobile commerce is of growing importance. It doesn't take a genius to....
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