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Murch, Bitcoin
Meeting Bitcoiners Online When They Live in the Same City
Bitcoin developer Mark "Murch" Erhardt tells CoinDesk about the most surprising interaction he ever had in his years of running the Bitcoin Stack Exchange. Turns out the crypt...
Murch, Bitcoin
Ryan X Charles, Reddit
I Was Reddit's First (And Only) Cryptocurrency Engineer
Before his move to supporting Craig Wright's bitcoin SV, Ryan X Charles describes his short-lived tenure at reddit and the trolls who made his life hell.
Ryan X Charles, Reddit
Kik, SEC
Kik vs SEC – The Lawyers Speak
The SEC's complaint against Kik, after it raised $100 million in an ICO, seemed pretty brutal, but not so fast, we're only hearing one side of the story. Watch more here as th...
Kik, SEC
Academia, Bitcoin at 10
Why Academics Love Bitcoin – and Crypto
For academics, bitcoin, and more broadly crypto, is an exciting space where the ideas they write up in papers actually get built and tested.
Academia, Bitcoin at 10
Steve Beauregard
I Underestimated Just How Many Subpoenas I Would Get
The number of subpoenas early crypto companies got from misinformed government agencies was "staggering," says Bloq's Steve Beauregard.
Steve Beauregard
Hodl Guy, Frozen
My Bank Account Was Frozen for Bitcoin – And It Only Made Me Love Crypto More
The guy who coined the term "hodl" has a real bitcoin story that only made his interest in the technology stronger.
Hodl Guy, Frozen
Revolution, hippies
Children of the Crypto Revolution – Join Us!
Crypto is the new counterculture, and you, yes you are invited. You gotta start believing!
Revolution, hippies
IEO
A Visual Guide to the Hot, New Crypto Fundraising Mechanism – the IEO
The ICO market might have cooled, but there's still fundraising going on in the blockchain space – it's now being done through the IEO, or initial exchange offering, and we br...
IEO
burn book, mean girls
The Crypto Burn Book
"And they have this book, this burn book, where they write mean things about all the girls in our grade." Presenting crypto's very own burn book.
burn book, mean girls
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The Easiest Way to Send and Lose Bitcoin in 2012
Early bitcoin adopter Dan Gallancy talks about the trials and tribulations of giving away bitcoin.
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