Knowledge Miners: Bitcoin’s Next Early Adopters
People often complain of the early adoption phase in Bitcoin’s early years, with the many people who had either mined the currency or bought a significant amount when the price was far cheaper. Yet mining the cryptocurrency and hedging the virtual money is not the only phase of early adoption within this new economy. In fact, as the currency is less than....
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