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In 2012, Jonathan Benassaya discovered Bitcoin and blockchain technology through Wences Casares, famed entrepreneur and cryptocurrency advocate. While the notion of cryptocurrency may have seemed outlandish at the time, the technological innovation and potential impact of the blockchain - a worldwide, secure, and distributed system - was nothing short of revolutionary. For the first time in history, a transactional architecture without any physical boundaries or limitations, completely free from governmental oversight or intermediation, was created. In contrast to the birth of Internet, billions of computers and a large communication network already existed, thereby providing the infrastructure for blockchain technology and its native currencies to flourish and thrive. Fast forward to 2017, the digital asset market is experiencing unprecedented and meteoric growth, with application development for the blockchain also occurring at a record pace. The comparisons to the early days of the
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- Sectors
- fintech crypto-web3
- Location
- San Francisco, US
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