Show Notes
Is Bitcoin a legitimate alternative currency? Is it the currency of the disenchanted? Or the hedge against a rocky future? Max Fawcett talks with Bitcoin enthusiast Adam O'Brien about that as well as government overreach, the Ottawa occupation and the seizing of bank accounts. Prefer watching? Full video episodes are available on Canada's National Observer YouTube channel. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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