Q&A with Rassah on Bitcoin 100
Bitcoin and the Future of Cryptofinance, one of the three cryptocurrency Meetup groups in active Austin community welcomed a special speaker this week. Dmitry (Rassah) Murashchik is Community Manager at Mycelium, Director, Treasurer, Accountant at Bitcoin100, and CEO, CFO at TozoniMAGLEV. Dmitry is well respected in the Bitcoin community and sometimes known as “the guy who has a Prius with the Bitcoin license plate.” Dimitry reveals interesting insights about Bitcoin100, an organization that “exists specifically to convince new charities to start accepting bitcoin donations.” Bitcoin 100....
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