This is a paper that I wrote for my Writing 340 class at USC in December 2012. Posting here for reflection and to offer insight into why I got into crypto.
In 2008,
As Bitcoin hits fresh all time highs
[https://www.vice.com/en/article/bvxjbw/bitcoin-price-just-hit-its-ath?utm_content=1606751282&utm_medium=social&utm_source=MOTHERBOARD_facebook]
and we are starting to see
One popular narrative about 2017's ICO mania
[https://www.forbes.com/sites/laurashin/2017/07/10/the-emperors-new-coins-how-initial-coin-offerings-fueled-a-100-billion-crypto-bubble/#246dc7db6ece]
says it was fueled by naive investors duped into throwing money at projects
Originally posted on Hacker Noon
[https://hackernoon.com/narrative-cryptoeconomics-part-1-cc1h3y91]
The emergence of open blockchains as one of the most hyped technologies of the
past decade has led to the birth of cryptoeconomics, a
I've been gradually shifting my attention away from crypto and towards broader
interests, but I've never been more confident that crypto is here to stay.
Mainstream adoption appears to