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I talk with Bitkiwi Paul about the next Bitkiwi meetup that is happening on Saturday October 28th in Auckland. We also discuss the social layer of Bitcoin in New Zealand and how it has grown enormously over the last 12 months.
This time last year I didn’t really know any Bitcoiners in person, but here we are with a thriving community of Bitcoin projects, businesses, and collaborations that I am involved in, and I know there are many others out there doing the same.
A lot of Proof of Work has gone into building on Bitcoin over the last few years and that is going to be important as more and more people start finding and learning about Bitcoin.
Bitkiwi VII
Saturday October 28th, 2pm @ Brothers Beer in Mt Eden, Auckland.
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The Use of Knowledge in Society by Friedrich A. Hayek - https://www.econlib.org/library/Essays/hykKnw.html
King, Warrior, Magician, Lover: Rediscovering the Archetypes of the Mature Masculine - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/91781.King_Warrior_Magician_Lover
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Litecoin Adoption of Segwit before Bitcoin as a proof of concept - https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2017/05/10/litecoin-successfully-activates-segwit/
The Blocksize War by Jonathan Bier - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57429394-the-blocksize-war
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The Internet of Money by Andreas M. Antonopoulos - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31869077-the-internet-of-money
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