Jeff Merkley: “They can modify essentially the public ledger, and the public ledger…”

On the recordNovember 18, 2013

They can modify essentially the public ledger, and the public ledger becomes de facto record of ownership.

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Jeff Merkley: “They can modify essentially the public ledger, and the public ledger becomes de facto record of ownership.”