Cryptocurrency and The BlockChain

Adam Shaffer
5 min readAug 13, 2020

cryptocurrencies and how they work

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I have been fascinated by cryptocurrencies for a while now. It is an understatement to say they have a mixed reputation. Opinions about them range from unending praise to scorn. Some say they will usher in a new age overturning old economics. Others believe they are a Ponzi scheme only used by drug dealers that will destabilize national economies. I look at them as a…

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Adam Shaffer

A full-stack software developer who likes writing about tech.