Exclusive interviews: Experts come together Cryptocurrency’s challenges
CoinTelegraph continues in-depth coverage from Bitcoin2014 Amsterdam with more expert exclusives, this time to answer the question on the lips of the entire community: What are the challenges Bitcoin will face in future? We conducted video interviews with some of the most well-known figures in cryptocurrency to get their opinion. The responses are hugely varied, as could be imagined, and come from all areas of the community from household names like Coinbase and Blockchain.info to outside investors and commentators. The issue of public acceptance was frequently raised, and experts offer a....
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