For millions, bitcoin equates to hope — for others, it’s an end to centralized control of people’s money — and for some it's both. I was introduced to Bitcoin in 2017 by a work colleague who stated this technology would be the future of money, but I didn’t understand much about it at the time. It’s hard to understand the conviction needed to survive the roller coaster ride and the subsequent rabbit hole that is Bitcoin until you take a minimum of one hundred hours researching as much information about it as you can. Distributed computing, also known as the internet, has opened up new ideas and applications. Bitcoin is distributing transfers of value in a way never before seen in human history.
Wages nationwide are stagnant, but the cost of living is increasing every year. Why do financial institutions always get bailed out? Why have education, healthcare, and rent become so expensive? Why is wealth inequality continually getting worse despite the government spending more on social programs? It’s because the monetary system is broken and based on a fiat currency debt-based structure.
At one point in the past saving cash in the bank made sense and allowed you to build wealth. Saving cash in the bank now gives such little yield on interest it’s virtually pointless to keep it there. This can’t be what the American dream is all about, and is a clear sign the monetary system needs a major upgrade. I had to find something that would store my monetary energy securely. That's when I started seriously focusing on bitcoin. Money is energy and energy brings value. You work a job and expend some energy doing so and the reward for that is a paycheck with a sum of money attached to it. Millions across the
