Canadian Techie Contesting Elections to Promote Bitcoin
The quest of promoting "freedom of money" has brought one Bitcoin enthusiast to the verge of joining politics. D Alex Millar, a former high school teacher and an experienced software engineer, has decided to run for Canada's upcoming federal elections as an independent candidate for Vancouver East. In his article-cum-manifesto published on straight.com, the aspiring politician discussed the issues related to the current monetary system; and how a decentralized digital currency like Bitcoin could circumvent them all. "The way money is created affects jobs and the economy," Miller stated.....
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Over the year, the roles that crypto plays in everyday lives have become more prominent, more so with the last bull market. Given this, it is natural that the space, currently worth hundreds of billions of dollars, is spilling into other aspects such as politics. And now, as the US elections draw closer, crypto and […]