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Jeff John Roberts

The publishing industry is lining up to dunk on crypto

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two book covers about cryptocurrency (Credit: Jeff John Roberts)

In an otherwise slow news week, CoinDesk published an essay with the clever Bitcoin is nearly 15 years old and has established itself as a permanent currency that is more valuable than the ones created by many nation states. Meanwhile, recent improvements in Ethereum show the dream of a decentralized global computing system is more alive than ever. At the same time, the crypto industry continues to foster innovative advances in computer science and privacy. None of this is going to go away in response to adverse publicity.

Jeff John Roberts
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