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Thomas Paillet
I still remember that owning Bitcoins in 2012 was not a trivial thing:
‘Financing illegal markets, linked with terrorism’ - pejorative com-
parisons were hastily made. At that time, few people were talking
about Blockchain technology and altcoins did not even exist yet.
The media boycotted and demonized Bitcoin as THE currency of
crime. Yet, my first Bitcoin transaction made me realize the impor-
tance of this digital revolution.
A banknote converted into virtual money units - so totally indepen-
dent of banks - is breathtaking.
Indeed, the electronic cash and the international use of it represent
the pinnacle of the world trade on the Internet.