Canadian University Sells Books for Bitcoins
Universities are places where new ideas, ideologies and inventions are born which has the potential to shape the future of the world. University campuses are filled with youth population going through the process of learning. The things they learn in there is what most of them will end up following once they become part of the mainstream working population. For the same reasons, the universities should keep up with the times as well, lest the students are left behind or get lost in time. Bitcoin is the growing worldwide phenomenon right now. It has changed our perception of money and is on....
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