(1/28) Speaking with older/wiser mentors who are bearish on crypto has revealed to me why a lot of people are skeptical... it's the same reason it looked dubious to me years ago: they simply don't get the technology and are too apathetic to take the time to understand it
(2/28) Taking the time to read about crypto has revealed that while the technical aspects do seem daunting, it is still possible to understand the core technology and its applications, even if you have no technical coding experience or are just beginning to read about crypto now.
(3/28) The crypto that intrigues me the most is Ethereum. This thread will use a combination of public sources to try to explain what it is at the very basic level (for beginners like me). This thread won't be exhaustive, but hopefully will help others understand it a bit better.
(4/28) As stated in its whitepaper, Ethereum aims "to create an alternative protocol for building decentralized applications, providing a different set of tradeoffs that will be very useful for a large class of decentralized applications, with particular emphasis on...
(5/28) ...situations where rapid development time, security for small and rarely used applications, and the ability of different applications to very efficiently interact, are important."
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