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Basics of Bitcoin Trading and Mining

The Startup Magazine

It can be done on exchanges or through OTC (over-the-counter) trading. OTC trading is a way of buying and selling Bitcoin outside of an exchange. OTC trading is often used by people who want to buy large amounts of Bitcoin or who want to avoid the fees associated with exchanges. Visit meta-profit.net for further details.

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Don’t Sleep on Lightning

Version One Ventures

– there have also been some major breakthroughs on Bitcoin’s native layer 2 scaling solution, the Lightning Network. Lightning is a network of bi-directional payment channels that allows for instant settlement between parties and routing of payments over a TOR-like p2p network settled in units of bitcoin.

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Announcing our investment in Scanwell Health: making healthcare more accessible with accurate, at-home medical testing

Version One Ventures

It’s a future where these tests and care are effectively delivered as close to OTC (“over the counter”) as we can get (but can’t currently because treatment often involves regulated medications like antibiotics). and can also costs 100s of dollars. A young woman goes to urgent care to treat a UTI. This takes time away from work, etc.

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