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Will Casarin was one of Bitcoin’s early adopters in 2010. But it wasn’t until a few years later, when he was working for Vancouver record label that he decided to try putting his knowledge into practice.

“We released one of the first Bitcoin stores online that sold music,” Casarin says. “I’ve always been in the tech space and I wanted to see how we could apply this technology to new things.”

He’s now been in the cryptocurrency industry for almost a decade and although the technology has changed and improved considerably, the self-taught Bitcoin expert still remains passionate about its potential.

“The main reason you’d want to choose Bitcoin is because of its complete financial independence,” Casarin explains. “When you own Bitcoin you truly own it in the sense that no one can deflate the value or take it away from you, and this has wide-ranging implications.”

There is a lot of content online about Bitcoin, but in Casarin’s…