In Conversation with eMunie Founder Dan Hughes
NewsBTC recent got a chance to speak with the founder and creator of eMunie, Dan Hughes. As we dwelled into discussing this young cryptocurrency, we got to know about the purposes it is meant to bring. Hughes discussed how it took him almost three years to build a truly innovative currency, and how he wishes to push it further ahead once it comes out of the beta phase. Here are the some of key excerpts from our interview with Hughes: Q: What is the history of eMunie? eMunie has been in development now for around 2.5 years, with the first code cut back in March 2013. That seems like only....
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