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Born in 1972, Andreas comes from Greek
and British roots. His personal biographical
website says that he’s an entrepreneur, coder
(computer programmer), public speaker,
and author. Andreas’s LinkedIn account
mentions that, in the early 1990s, he earned
Bachelors and Masters degrees in Computer
Science and Networks & Distributed
Systems from University College London,
respectively. In one Q & A session from August 2017,
he was asked whether he thinks bitcoin will
be banned in China and if cryptocurrencies
will become mainstream. His responses were
clearly among one of the most articulate
and well explained. His use of light humor,
practical scenarios, and real-world examples
while advocating the use of bitcoin and
other digital currencies keeps his audiences
engaged.
Andreas Antonopoulos has probably
spread, through his sound and well-informed
knowledge of crypto, more awareness about
the benefits of bitcoin than maybe anyone
else on this planet. He’s well-known to
professionally and accurately criticize the
numerous times people inaccurately asserted
that bitcoin will be dead. O’Reilly Media,
publisher of Andreas’s 2014 book: “Mastering
Bitcoin”, says that the book is one of the best
technical resources on bitcoin. Another one
of Andreas’s books, “The Internet of Money”,
which was published in 2016, is considered
the definitive guide on highlighting the
relevance and importance of bitcoin. Andreas Antonopoulos has great insight
and foresight. In 2015, he pointed out in
an interview that in the year 2000, 90% of
internet startups failed, and nearly a trillion
dollars worth of value was wiped out.
Shockingly, according to Andreas,