My Crypto Origin Story: The Gift I Never Received

By@anorn

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He gave away Bitcoin to his friends around 2010 like it was loose change, because it was. I was not close enough to be on the list. At the time, Bitcoin was worth pennies, maybe a dollar. A programmer in Florida had just famously paid ten thousand of them for two pizzas. Internet money for libertarian nerds who didn't trust banks. I read a few articles, filed it under weird tech experiment, and moved on.

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