Existe un dicho que dice, perseveras y triunfaras, nunca es tarde para comenzar, me agrado tu post, gracias por compartir.

>I really hope for it :) 

The slogan of the present. 

*Thanks for the article, I hope it can bring at least one more crypto enthusiast to the world of cryptocurrencies.*

Hmmm I loved the Nazi exercise for the imagination. Crypto would have changed the game completely, I am sure of that. It is a great potential in crypto, and I can see it clearly, even if I am new to crypto for as long as I have been on Hive . It is a great way to return power back into the hands of people, to allow, just as you said, to have a possibility to make an income from every corner of the world. You can evolve from being stuck to one place, consuming and trying to own as much as possible, to the freedom of creation. We all want more time to be creative, but time costs money. Therefore if we can work on the money aspect, the world can be our oyster , literally.

I am interested in finding out more about crypto. I am not familiar with it at all. Can you recommand me a place, a book, a community, where I could learn more? How do you do this trading, crypto wallet transaction stuff? I am a newbie and I am sure that most people who are good in crypto have no time no teach me 1 on 1 so I would need to learn it on my own, but there is so much information and sources that I have to know the good places where I could learn the basics, from having a wallet, to doing transactions, to invest slowly in crypto, shortly, how to become a crypto student. If you could put some relevant resources for learning this, I would appreciate it:)

It is crazy to think that in 5 years time you or many of us could be curating full time and making more than most working an 8 hour day. All those years of building a  career and then there is others who have had fun building an account on Hive worth some value whilst still working. this has given many people choices that they would never of had and I will always be grateful whether it hits $5 or $10 as I believe it will.

An EXCELLENT article... anyone who has lived near enough to recent violence has thought about this ... what could you grab and go and start over with?  Would it be easy enough to conceal to avoid attempts at theft?  Those "keys" fit the bill ...

> People will spend an inordinate amount of time researching what is the best pair of running shoes to wear or phone to buy, but won't spend half the investment into working out why some people believe Bitcoin has value or, how the security of crypto makes it property - like gold - except it transports better.

This is very true. I think the reason is because people don't want to learn. They just want a quick rich scheme where they can flip their money. They seem to not understand that every investment has an underlying structure that should be studied. I was telling a friend about a new non-custodial exchange that I found on [Changenow](Changenow.io) and the first thing he asked was have I made my research. I told him yeah and that the reason.  Safety is my top priority — the exchange being a non-custodial service, does not control your crypto assets. That this is the reason I would use the product. 

Good article Tarazkp

The staking has begun. I have a long way to go and much more to learn. 

But what I just learned by reading this post. Made me feel more comfortable investing in this crypto-sphere. 

>The two guys I was talking with are both working in IT companies, both smarter than me - but both seemingly uninterested in researching a little themselves and seeing if there is indeed an opportunity for them.

I'm also used to seeing my intellectual superiors act and think in willfully stupid ways. But I've come to think that I shouldn't complain. In this day and age, the conservative mindset easily leaves one behind. The rate of change is accelerating and decentralization is but one example of that. 

Curating for a living while having total freedom of choice as to where to live may well be in the cards for many of those onboarded in the first few years.

Which paints these Covid travel bans in a different light.
I wonder how International travel will look this time next year.

I asked J about your opening paragraph as he's one of everyone who's thingi about crypto, and his answer was that because while it's "free" (as in relatively free from government oversight/interference) that's also a downside as because it's unregulated you have exactly no recourse whatsoever if you get caught up in an unexpected pump/dump or otherwise get scammed (people can screech about due diligence all they like, for sure some people are greedy but sometimes stuff just happens somewhat unexpectedly like steem), and that it's not ready for mainstream use (which I think we all know). 

He did actually look into it before making that decision though, meanwhile I merrily barrelled the other way XD

In Anthropological terms this is commonly known as the “luxury trap”. 

The luxury trap is a giant bear trap that the human race blindly walked into around the time of the agricultural revolution and has been unable to escape from since.

As soon as people started settling land and investing time and money into it they changed the course of history for us all. If you were a hunter gatherer and something came and threatened your livelihood chances are you would just leave that area but if you’re a farmer with fields, livestock and a house full of “stuff” you’re stuck. War, economic depression, environmental disasters, whatever the cause you can’t pack up your wealth and leave, you are compelled to stay and see it through. 

In short the luxury trap also gave rise to forms of centralised control for example kings, kingdoms and eventually nation states that we suddenly became dependent on for protection of our illiquid and immovable luxuries. 

Crypto gives humans a way of removing some of the shackles we placed on ourselves all those millennia ago while simultaneously weakening the grip of centralised powers which is of course why those in power who have a vested interest in maintaining the status quo will stop at nothing to discredit it.