Bitcoin's Impact On So-Called Social Issues
This morning, I awoke to an individual on Twitterletting me know, in no uncertain terms, that bitcoin and social issues were unrelated. Since literally everything is related to everything else in some way, I'll assume what he meant is that bitcoin and social issues are particularly far apart in terms of overlap. This is of course absurd. While "social....
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