Congressional Candidate B.J. Guillot talks Bitcoin and Politics - Interview
Bitcoin has finally grabbed the attention of Congress. Earlier this year, a Robocoin brand Bitcoin ATM machine was brought to D.C. and put on display in Congress. There, Congressman Jared Polis, a Democrat from Colorado, publicly purchased some bitcoin, becoming the first United States Representative to do so. Polis remains Bitcoin's biggest proponent in Congress, but if things go right in the upcoming primary and general election in November, Bitcoin could have another staunch ally. B.J. Guillot is running for a Congressional seat in Washington State's 2nd District. But, where Polis is....
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Washington State's congressional candidate B. J. Guillot announced last week that his campaign would now be accepting Bitcoin donations via BitPay. The Republican has been a staunch supporter of Bitcoin since 2013 and attained his first bit of the digital currency in May of the same year. Guillot has since advocated for the use of Bitcoin throughout commerce and most recently, campaign support. Surprisingly, the candidate also spends time mining Bitcoin, something that is almost unheard of in the political arena. Earlier this year, Congressman Jared Polis became the first US Representative....
We’ve written before about enterprising American politicians accepting Bitcoin donations for their political campaigns. But B.J. Guillot is different. On Thursday, Guillot’s campaign announced that they will be accepting donations in Bitcoin. Guillot is a Republican running for Congress in Washington’s 2nd congressional district against the Democratic incumbent, Representative Rick Larsen. He also mines Bitcoin. And he’s been doing it for a while. Guillot started mining with desktop computers before working up to specialized Application-Specific Integrated Circuits (ASIC) mining equipment,....
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Christina Gagnier is the latest US congressional candidate to accept campaign donations in bitcoin. The Democrat representing California's 35th congressional district is a business owner and lawyer who specializes in technology and, more specifically, the Internet. Gagnier said that several of her constituents had asked if she would begin accepting bitcoin donations, and when guidance issued by the Federal Elections Committee (FEC) in May allowed her to, she embraced the idea. She told CoinDesk: "My campaign is particularly focused on meeting voters where they are at, whether that's....