Can bitcoin solve poverty on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation? Payu Harris thinks so. The South Dakota entrepreneur is trying to convince his tribe, the Oglala Lakota, to make MazaCoin its official currency. Harris has passion, but centuries of exploitation and broken promises have taken a toll on Pine Ridge, and his idea might be a hard sell.
Read more about MazaCoin, cryptocurrency, and life on the Pine Ridge Reservation: http://mashable.com/2014/09/18/mazacoin-bitcoin-native-americans/
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