Bitcoin Foundation Launches Public Education Campaign on Bitcoin
Elections for current seats on the Bitcoin foundation are underway yet business for the foundation is ongoing. Recently the Foundation along with many prominent Bitcoin companies have gotten together to further education on Bitcoin by engaging theAudience - one of the world's largest multi-channel publishers of social and digital content. Bitcoin is more than just a currency it is a whole technology that supports so much more like smart contracts, trustless escrow and more the sky's the limit. So many things can be built in and on top of the Bitcoin Blockchain. Also read: Bitcoin....
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