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I Was Reddit's First (And Only) Cryptocurrency Engineer

Before his move to supporting Craig Wright's bitcoin SV, Ryan X Charles describes his short-lived tenure at reddit and the trolls who made his life hell.

By Bailey Reutzel, Evan Engel

Updated Sep 13, 2021, 9:19 a.m. Published Jun 15, 2019, 1:35 p.m. 1 min read

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