WTF is The Blockchain?
nless you’re hiding under the rock, I am sure you’d have heard of Bitcoins and Blockchain. After all, they are the trending and media’s favorite topics these days — the buzzwords of the year. Even the people who’ve never mined a cryptocurrency or understand how it works, are talking about it. I have more non-technical friends than technical ones. They have been bugging me for weeks to explain this new buzzword to them. I guess there are thousands out there who feel the same. And when that happens, there comes a time to write something to which everyone can point the other lost souls to — that’s the purpose of this post — written in plain english that any regular internet user understands. By the way, I am curator of a weekly newsletter, Unmade , which delivers one idea from the future to your inboxes. Blockchain: why do we even need something this complex? “For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong.” — H. L. Mencken ...
