All About Bitcoins - Bitcoins 101: Basics

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Do you find it hard to understand the concept of this new digital currency called Bitcoins? This educational series will be the perfect place to come and ask all your questions and finally get some answers! The All About Bitcoins series presented by local expert Jim Joiner will begin on Wednesday, February 21, 2018 at 6 PM at Seekonk Library. In Bitcoins 101, you will learn what a Bitcoin is, where it is stored, how it is spent, and how it is secured. We will review how “mining” works and similarities between Bitcoins, banks, and Visa/Mastercard payment systems. Please register at www.seekonkpl.org.

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A lifelong Portsmouth resident, Jim graduated from Portsmouth High School in 1982 and earned a journalism degree from the University of Rhode Island in 1986. He's worked two different stints at East Bay Newspapers, for a total of 18 years with the company so far. When not running all over town bringing you the news from Portsmouth, Jim listens to lots and lots and lots of music, watches obscure silent films from the '20s and usually has three books going at once. He also loves to cook crazy New Orleans dishes for his wife of 25 years, Michelle, and their two sons, Jake and Max.