Crypto Genesis

The amazing tale of how cryptocurrency began.

John Cousins

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Photo by André François McKenzie on Unsplash

Futurist Alvin Toffler once said,

“The illiterate of the future are not those who can’t read or write but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.”

Events are moving so rapidly in the crypto space that legacy expertise is outpaced by innovation. This creates an environment where opportunities abound, but it also is an environment where learning, unlearning, and relearning reign. Its exciting and challenging (and lucrative) to keep current and dive deeper as things evolve.

But how did all this begin?

A mysterious anonymous figure known as Satoshi Nakamoto started the whole crypto blockchain phenomenon in 2008. It is interesting to note that Apple unveiled the iPhone in June 2007and the smartphone and mobile revolution exploded.

Mobile adoption happened incredibly rapidly, and now almost everyone has a connected smartphone.

Blockchain and its applications, including cryptocurrency, have been slower to reach mainstream adoption because it’s not intuitively or immediately relevant to everyday life. It represents a paradigm shift in how we think about money, banking, and governments. These are…

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