Konrad S. Graf: ‘Bitcoin Is Among The Greatest Inventions In History’

Konrad S. Graf: ‘Bitcoin Is Among The Greatest Inventions In History’

When I initially got into Bitcoin, the first thing I did was apply the new digital currency to the Austrian economics I had learned in the past. Determined to learn the value of Bitcoin and whether or not it was actual money, I spent hours arguing about the subject throughout online forums. Diving down the rabbit-hole of crypto, through droves of....


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