Bitcoin Can Be Better: Two 17-Year-Old Students Show How
What were you doing at age 17? I had already graduated from high school, and was dating a college professor, but that's another story for another day. Most are enjoying life as a Junior or Senior, without getting your head dunked in the toilet like a freshman. Planning summer vacations, applying to colleges and studying for your college boards. That is not nearly stimulating enough for these two future Bitcoin moguls. They feel Bitcoin can be better in some areas, and have come up with a solution for the currency that they have released to the public. And this is not even their first....
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