Meet the Pro-Bitcoin, Anti-BitLicense Democrat Running for State Office

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It’s that last point that gained him any media notoriety in what otherwise would have been a tame contest for a local seat of power in upstate New York.

“Bitcoin is well in line with the principles of federalism and checks and balances that underlie the American system of government. The blockchain and bitcoin are poised to do for the transfer of value what the internet did for the transfer of information,” he said in a 2016 Reddit AMA.

While he’s not – yet – accepting bitcoin for campaign contributions as part of his election run, as a Democrat, to the New York Senate in the 43rd District (which extends from Kingston past Albany) against incumbent Sen. Daphne Jordan, a Republican, crypto is still a core political and personal interest.
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