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 renewed mainstream
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 that
were
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 be within reach by