Bitcoin Could Lead to Financial Independence
The founder of the cloud storage service Storj, Shawn Wilkinson, said Bitcoin could let the Black community have financial independence. According to Wilkinson, “Bitcoin, or some kind of cryptocurrency, has the ability to decouple African-Americans from the economic system in a positive manner. With Bitcoin, there are a lot more methods with microlending, where you can have communities using cryptocurrencies to help themselves without any intermediaries.”