Podcast: Inside Ireland's first Bitcoin Conference
Irish Examiner business reporter Emer Walsh recently attended Ireland's first Bitcoin Conference in Dublin.
Techbros, pensioners, young parents and even a 'financial astrologer' gathered to discuss how to get rich quick on the unregulated online market.
Emer tells Irish Examiner Opinion Editor Deirdre O'Shaughnessy about the paranoia, distrust and far-right conspiracy theories she heard at the conference. She heard what they had to say - but in the end she wasn't orange-pilled.
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Conspiracies, distrust and 'holding on for dear life': Inside Ireland's largest Bitcoin Conference
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Podcast: Inside Ireland's first Bitcoin Conference
Irish Examiner business reporter Emer Walsh recently attended Ireland's first Bitcoin Conference in Dublin. Techbros, pensioners, young parents and even a 'financial astrologer' gathered to discuss how to get rich quick on the unregulated online market. Emer tells Irish Examiner Opinion Editor Deirdre O'Shaughnessy about the paranoia, distrust and far-right conspiracy theories she heard at the conference. She heard what they had to say - but in the end she wasn't orange-pilled. Read More Conspiracies, distrust and 'holding on for dear life': Inside Ireland's largest Bitcoin Conference
