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Andrew Wagner

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Andrew is one of the primary organizers of the Vancouver Bitcoin Meet Up, and the Director of Public Relations for the Bitcoin Cooperative. He spearheaded merchant adoption in Vancouver, having signed up the world’s first Indian restaurant, the Waves that houses the world’s first ATM, Vancouver’s first nightclub, and more! He is also the founder and lead coordinator of CoinFest, the first “decentralized” decentralized currency convention.

Dignitas: Fighting AIDS with Bitcoin

CULTURE Andrew Wagner -
Out of all of the Bitcoin-accepting charity representatives I’ve had the pleasure to interact with, Anne Connelly was the most sincere. Although she admits it started as a publicity...

The Spirit of CoinFest

INDUSTRY EVENTS Andrew Wagner -
When I first started organizing CoinFest, I never imagined what it would become. It used to be just a simple gathering of less than 100 Bitcoiners at Vancouver’s famous...

How to Completely Decentralize the Internet

TECHNICAL Andrew Wagner -
BackgroundFew technologies have been as socially disruptive as the Internet. Before computers, reaching a wide audience required control of printing or broadcasting centers. These have been replaced by home...

Digital vs. Virtual Currencies

BUSINESS Andrew Wagner -
This article originally appeared in Bitcoin Magazine Issue 27There’s a lot of misunderstanding around the terms “virtual” and “digital,” and people often mistakenly use them interchangeably. The reality is...

The Science of Trust

CULTURE Andrew Wagner -
Trust is something we’ve taken for granted for a long time. Until recently, nobody ever thought to formally study the concept, except for the Machiavellian goal of learning to...

Building a Bitcoin Economy: How to Make the Transition

CULTURE Andrew Wagner -
Feeling lost? See parts one and two of this guide.The Bitcoin community has made great strides in spreading adoption so far. Businesses accepting Bitcoin have popped up all over...

Smart Property in Action

MARKETS Andrew Wagner -
Smart property is to deeds as Bitcoin is to money. In the same way that Bitcoin revolutionized the concept of currency, smart property revolutionizes the concept of ownership, removing...

Mine for the Cure

CULTURE Andrew Wagner -
I've long been interested in ways to use cryptocurrency mining to solve practical problems; proof-of-work's waste of energy is its biggest problem, the solution to which could be the final...

Building a Bitcoin Economy: How to Close the Loop

CULTURE Andrew Wagner -
This guide is a continuation of a previous article at http://bitcoinmagazine.com/13104/building-bitcoin-economy-stimulate-adoptionIf you or someone in the area has been preaching crypto for a while, you probably have a few...

Why I Love Bitcoin

CULTURE Andrew Wagner -
Some people ask me why I love Bitcoin so much, given that I (at the time of this writing) don’t have very much. I wear Bitcoin shirts, talk about...
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