What’s the Big Deal with Bitcoin?

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What’s the Big Deal with Bitcoin?

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Nov 21, 2017

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Everywhere we turn people are talking about Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. Maybe it’s because Bitcoin has increased in value by over 400% this year alone. So what is a cryptocurrency anyway? How does it work? And are we missing the boat by not investing it in?

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Nov 21, 2017

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