
“I discovered that this isolated group has fully adopted Bitcoin, and that it’s extremely enthusiastic about other ‘freedom-enhancing’ technologies such as 3D-printers and encryption. Everyone I met in the Project owned Bitcoin and was willing to accept it for goods and services. Of the couple thousand people living there, at least seven own 3D-printers. Though the idea originally was to get a critical mass to influence the political process, many in the movement now feel that the freedoms they want may be better realized through technology that routes around the government rather than engaging it directly.”
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