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Feb 2022
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BREAKDOWN: What Grassroots Communities i...

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The founder of Bitcoin for Fairness shares her perspective.  This episode is sponsored by Nexo, Arculus, and FTX US. Today NLW is joined by Anita Posch. Anita is the founder of Bitcoin for Fairness and the author of “(L)earn Bitcoin.” She is about to depart on a trip to southern Africa where she will conduct bitcoin education workshops and seminars while als ... Show More
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