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The cult of cryptocurrency

The curious are intrigued by cryptocurrency; its evangelists will tell you it is remaking the world order. Will Stephenson, senior editor at Harper’s Magazine, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss his own foray into Bitcoin and his journey to a cryptocurrency convention in Miami, where he gained a new understanding of the currency’s myths and ethos. His article is called “Cryptonomicon: Among the Bitcoin Maximalists.”