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business friendly network on the planet.”
they might pass.”
“Really?” said Finney. “How does it do
that?”
“I didn’t understand all of that,” said
Finney. “What’s a qualified investor?”
“It started with a crowdsale to qualified
investors only,” said Mr Shift. “Then
we built a network that only whitelisted
operators can run. From there, we did
deals with the banks and credit card
companies, allowing them access to
our consumer data in exchange for
supporting our network. Finally, we did
favors for key politicians to make sure
they put loopholes in any new regulations
“Someone with sufficient wealth and
expertise to invest,” said Mr Shift.
“Wait,” said Finney. “Are you saying
you kept average people out of your
crowdsale?”
“Exactly,” said Mr Shift. “Average people
have no business in real business.”
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