CoinSpark Developer Gideon Greenspan on His Mission to Build a 2.0 Platform for the Average User
Bitcoin is often called a currency, but eyes are opening to its may uses: moving assets around, notarization, storing data. “Bitcoin 2.0” is all the rage. CoinSpark, backed by venture capitalists, is one of these forward-looking projects. In a nutshell, the platform allows users to create and send assets on the blockchain. But it's a little different than some of the projects we've been hearing about. The platform hopes to make these exciting projects more accessible to the average user. We caught up with CoinSpark developer Gideon Greenspan. He has developed many successful projects, such....
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