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The Early Days Of Bitcoin With Vake – Bitcoin Magazine
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The Early Days In Bitcoin With Vake: Meet The Taco Plebs
In this episode of Bitcoin Magazine’s “Meet The Taco Plebs,” I was joined by my good friend, “a man of the people,” Vake. He has been on the Bitcoin scene for a lot longer than many and provided some quality insight into what was going on around BTC in 2013 and 2014.Vake is a proper pleb and I had the opportunity to meet him in person earlier this year. The day I flew into Texas for the popular Bitcoin-only conference BitBlockBoom!, I met up with him and a few others for dinner. We had a wonderful discussion on multiple different topics surrounding Bitcoin and I could tell he had a deep understanding of it.Below are some of Vake’s best thoughts shared during the interview. And be sure to check out the full episode for more.How Did You Find Bitcoin And Fall Down The Rabbit Hole?“I got involved in Bitcoin in April 2013, when the price broke $100 and it was getting a significant amount of news attention. I was fairly libertarian prior to then, and a big fan of Ron Paul’s 2008 and 2012 presidential runs. “His book, ‘End the Fed,’ that came out in 2009, was a huge influence on me. So, when I first heard about Bitcoin while watching an interview with Jeffrey Tucker on YouTube[2] (which is no longer on YouTube), it made intuitive sense to me. However, it took about six months to buy my first sats, since I wanted to make sure it wasn’t a scam before committing money to it. Since then, it’s been a never-ending rabbit hole as my understanding of Bitcoin has deepened considerably.” How Has Bitcoin Changed
