Encyclopedia of Physical Bitcoins and Crypto-Currencies - Tapa blanda

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At the time of writing, Elias is completing the last year of his Honors Bachelor in Political Science at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. In 2014 he published a free eBook guide to Casascius physical bitcoins, which was well received and turned into this much larger project in part due to popular demand. Having been interested in Bitcoin since early 2013, he has built a varied collection of physical crypto-currency. In addition to its technological merits, he sees digital currency as a fascinating case study in economics, public opinion, regulation, the culture that has formed around it, and the differing ways in which it is interpreted by people of various ideological viewpoints (many of which are reflected in the physical coins themselves). His other interests include travel, photography, philosophy, entrepreneurship, and futurology.

Matthew earned his BSc in International History in 2001 from the London School of Economics and Political Science. In 2008, he was awarded an MSc in Globalisation and Development at Queen Mary, University of London. His PhD, at the same institution, studied the intellectual property of geographically-specific food names. Matthew's current interests include crypto-currency, financial technology, libertarianism, black and white photography, and Russian literature. He became interested in Bitcoin in early 2012 and attended the London Bitcoin conference in September of that year. Matthew is currently writing a paper about innovators and entrepreneurs in the Bitcoin economy. In January 2016, he was granted Certified Bitcoin Professional (CBP) status by the CryptoCurrency Certification Consortium (C4).

Howard (aka. Bitcointalk.org user 'bithalo') is an 'avid' collector of physical crypto-currencies, with a wide interest in coins, paper wallets, and cards. While he does not focus on collecting 'rounds' that have no capability of storing crypto-currency, he is interested in pre-funded, empty, and DIY coins. The diverse collection, which he has been expanding since January 2014, contains over 200 different physical wallets by more than 50 manufacturers. He earned his Master of Science in Finance (MSF) degree at Florida International University and has over 20 years experience in finance and technology. Currently, he is an IT Consulting Manager and lives in Lake Worth, Florida, USA.