Model UN Participants Reflect Public Image of Bitcoin
Jeremy and many others don't trust Bitcoin. I was at Hope College this week for their annual Model United Nations conference and I decided to make the best use of my time by investigating the minds of these youthful thinkers. I also got a surprise opportunity to ask former Representative of Michigan's 2nd district, Pete Hoekstra, about Bitcoins at his dinner speech on Global Terrorism. People came from all over the state of Michigan and the answer is essentially the same. I don't trust it! So what will it take for Bitcoin to gain the trust of the general populous? Well, I interviewed a....
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