INTRODUCTION

MY JOURNEY INTO BITCOIN

Until they become conscious they will never rebel, and until after they have rebelled they cannot become conscious.

—George Orwell, 1984

My name is Bobby Christopher Lee.

The cryptocurrency community knows me as one of the industry’s earliest entrepreneurs and investors in Bitcoin.

I believe that any person or entity that interferes with productive individual or group enterprise is wrong. We’ve turned increasingly from principles of true liberty. We’ve allowed governments and other organizations that have mushroomed beyond their original intent to limit our activities.

Even progressive nations restrict commerce via well-meaning but ill-conceived laws. They do not fathom entrepreneurship.

For generations, ...

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