The Sky is Not Falling: Reflections on My 16 Months in Bitcoin
Michael Terpin is a serial entrepreneur in marketing and cryptocurrency. His bitcoin endeavors include BitAngels, Bitcoin Syndicate and CoinAgenda. In this article, he looks back on his journey in the bitcoin industry since he first got involved in May 2013. It's been a little over 16 months since I first set foot in my first bitcoin convention in late May 2013. As I'd noted in a socalTECH post right after I returned, I thought bitcoin and cryptocurrency was poised to grow dramatically, disrupt economies and increase in value. It was $120 per bitcoin way back then, down from its "all-time....
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