BitPAC Sending Eight Politicians Bitcoin By Mail
So here's an interesting story originally reported by CoinDesk this evening. Eight members of Congress are expected to receive $250 worth of bitcoin my mail in the coming days, a move that's designed to expose them to the world of digital currency. It's the doing of BitPAC, an organization launched early this year that hopes to "further democratization of currency" through financial contributions to politicos. That makes the PAC - or political action committee - part of their name make a whole lot more sense. Here's their mission statement, pulled from their website: Our mission is to....
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