Subject: “A Human Rights Activist’s Response to Bitcoin Critics” published by Alex Gladstein
From: "Medium Daily Digest" <[email-masked]>
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Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2019 13:02:38 +0000 (UTC)

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A comprehensive guide to why mainstream media attacks on Bitcoin miss the point.
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