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Konstantin Richter

05/03/25

@ EO

I believed in a world where there would be 100,000 nodes run by institutions by 2020, even when people laughed at me.

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How Belief in Bitcoin Built a $3.3B Crypto CompanyㅣKonstantin Richter, Blockdaemon

@ EO

How Belief in Bitcoin Built a $3.3B Crypto CompanyㅣKonstantin Richter, Blockdaemon

05/03/25

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Blockdaemon now manages 250,000 nodes, demonstrating the importance of holding onto ideas that others deem bad.

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Danielle Morrill

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