“OC Bitcoin Network: Industry Evangelist

Brian Harrington in 2015 heard about bitcoin and decided to stick his toe in the water with a $50 investment that doubled.

“It was just a fun thing to do,” he recalled. “As time went on, I watched more videos and then started to see it as an alternative investment.”

Nowadays, he’s one of the county’s best-known evangelizers as the organizer of the OC Bitcoin Network, which has about 1,300 members and holds weekly meetings at restaurants in cities such as Costa Mesa and Anaheim.

“It’s definitely a social club,” he said. “Bitcoin is a grassroots movement. We’re passionate about helping people. Bitcoin is a better way of doing money. It’s the only cryptocurrency veritably not control by any entity.”

He works full time at Choice by KT, which advocates investing in Bitcoin in tax deferred investment accounts.”