Several years ago (feels like it happened yesterday). My close friend came to me one day enthusiastically about a revolutionary new concept called a blockchain. A system in which transactions are possible between peer to peer without the need of a central organization and the currency is called Bitcoin. I had no idea what he was talking about at the time, but I was already skeptical. It didn't make sense to me how an unregulated currency that does not hold to a single central institution such as a bank be transferable value to a USD. When he told me, BTC was worth about $7 back then, and now it's over $1,500! What I didn't seem to grasp back then wasn't the actual coin, but the foundation it was built. I was naive and misinformed of what BTC was trying to accomplish. The value of the framework which is to connect nodes in a networked globe. Anybody who has an Internet connection, whether or not they have a bank can receive funds from anybody at any time within an instant. The same thing is now happening to STEEM, where users can incentivize one another from an article just like this one and sharing content. I think its genius and want to share it with all my fellow bloggers. Steemit is a place where we can all prosper in a shared economy which is why I believe this is the greatest time to be alive, and I am grateful I can experience it with all of you. I still am a bit skeptical of what to come in the future, but I believe as long as you aren't spending your grocery money on this. You should be okay. A high risk for a high reward, I'll take that on the side.
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