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Jan 2023
1h 20m

152. Bitwage with Jonathan Chester

Dr. Saifedean Ammous
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We are joined by Jonathan Chester, the founder and CEO of Bitwage, a bitcoin payroll company which allows you to get paid in bitcoin no matter who is paying you, and allows companies to set up bitcoin payrolls for their workers. We discuss the genesis of the company in 2014, how it grew through bitcoin bear and bull markets, what its future plans are, and ho ... Show More
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