How do you like a juicy story with a brilliant and creative free-spirited character as its main protagonist, and a crazy plot to solve humanity’s biggest challenge—the very same one that has had governments dragging their feet for decades? The free spirit is James d’Angelo, who started his career as a NASA engineer before turning into a cryptocurrency expert—with many colorful stages in between. His goal is to phase out greenhouse gas emissions through the power of the people, one Bitcoin user at a time, thanks to a people’s run cap-and-trade system with no intermediaries — not one center of influence pulling the strings. Like we said, it is worth reading and contemplating, if only as a healthy and fun mind exercise.
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