Dan Held first got into Bitcoin in 2012 via a Casascius coin
Dan Held · Who Really Created Bitcoin & Other Crypto Startup Ideas | My First Million #196 · Jul 2, 2021 · at 2:54
Dan Held, a Bitcoin entrepreneur and educator, recounts how he first entered the cryptocurrency ecosystem in 2012.
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“So I got back in 2012. My buddy paid me back for a beer with something called a Casatius coin.”
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