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“Currently, I’m a currency trader but I see myself more as an entrepreneur,” Mr. More said in an interview from his home outside Nashville, Ten., adding that he’s looking at “starting some new ventures that have to do with bitcoin” though he declines to offer details.

The son of NHL star Jayson More, who played for several teams including the San Jose Sharks and the New York Rangers before retiring at the end of the 1990s, Mr. More, who is 22, says he dropped out of high school after grade 9, eventually completing his education on-line before becoming a businessman.

“Once I was done with school I kind of said hey, let’s give this currency trading thing a try and ended up really liking it. I took a few hits when I first started but you just keep plugging away at it an eventually you get the hang of it and now I’m starting to really enjoy it.”

I just thought it would be cool to sell it for bitcoins

Though born in the U.S., Mr. More says his parents are Canadian and he frequently travels to this country visiting friends and relatives.

An avid hockey player for the first 17 years of his life, he says the sport is still a part of his life.

The Crowsnest Pass property was in his mother’s family, and the plan to offer it for sale in bitcoins evolved over the past few weeks. Indeed, Mr. More only learned about the currency within the past month, after reading a report about a plan to develop a bitcoin ATM.

“I just thought it would be cool to sell it for bitcoins” as you could get “a good chunk of them and they’re hard to find.”

In fact the currency is typically used for small online transactions though there are a few bricks and mortar stores mostly in the U.S. that accept it.

His father was at first cautious about the plan to sell the property for bitcoins as he’d never heard of it before, but he’s since become an enthusiastic supporter, according to Mr. More.

Despite the publicity, Mr. More has yet to get an offer on the property.