"Quite a few now famous names have come through our meetups, and as a rule of thumb, if in 2013 you paid your tab with bitcoin, you made it big in bitcoin, if you paid with credit card, you made it big in Ethereum. A non-significant number of regulars have been arrested in various countries over the years, some deserved, most not." shares Leo Weese
https://lightning.news/history-hong-kong-bitcoin-meetup/
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