Article by the author: Tristan

Tristan

About the author: Tristan

Tristan is a graduate economist with journalistic experience outside of Blocktrainer.de. Tristan has been active in the Bitcoin space since 2020 and was already involved in libertarian economic theory in the years before that.

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