Forbes Contributor Model

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Forbs does not hire for one off free lance articles, which means that they don't do what's called a work for hir contract. They vet you as an overall writer, and then you own the copyright in your articles. So i started the poncast in 20 16, ind thocemmer, 20 16, and forbes decided they didn't want to continue it at the end of the first season. But during that year, at 20 17, is when i got hired full time at forbes. And this is kind of what has enabled me to do what i've done now.

Laura Shin is a journalist covering cryptocurrency and hosts the podcast Unchained. Her new book is The Cryptopians: Idealism, Greed, Lies, and the Making of the First Big Cryptocurrency Craze.

“I was extremely well-acquainted with what the failings were with our traditional financial system. I was seeing through my other reporting how everything works now, and really understanding, whoa, this is not a good system. And then getting this education on what bitcoin is, I understood right away: wow, this is going to change the world.”

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