Social Experiment: Twitter Users Prefer Bitcoin to Hard Cash
As a startup founder using social media, I'm always thinking of new ways to engage my fans. I'm also a bitcoin enthusiast, so I thought: "what better way to combine both of these passions than having a social media bitcoin giveaway on Twitter?" However, this experiment wasn't only about social media engagement, as it proved that bitcoin enthusiasts and non-users both see value in the currency. The engagement I saw in these experiments is important for several reasons. Namely, for bitcoin to achieve longterm success, "normal" people outside of enthusiasts like myself need to see value in....
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