The Future of Paperless Transactions
I walked up to a businessman friend a few days ago and asked him point blank: “Do you know what bitcoin is?” He stared at me and blinked twice. He really didn’t need to reply, his facial expression was a dead giveaway. He didn’t have a clue. Here lies the problem, when many of us Filipinos, rich and poor alike, are struggling to get out of the so-called rat race of eat-sleep-work-pay-bills, we do not have any inkling of the advances in finance, investments and technology that could help us in our quest to financial freedom. Blame it on the banks for never introducing us to such concepts....
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