Hi everyone! I'm Hogyny and a moderator/blogger here at steemit. I also help admin and run steem Tag. I do my best to try to alert everyone on security risks and increase general awareness of their own potential weak points. I'm an advocate for freedom and privacy. I find crypto to be more of an empowering movement and I am obsessed with the technology that cryptocurrencies are built on.
My background goes back to an early interest in gaming and computers. I grew up with gaming systems and computers in the early 80s. I was an active IRC user early in the 90s along with newsgroups and BBSs and met friends that are influential to me even now, 20+ years later. I enjoyed connecting with others all over the world and discussing technology, freedom, and other similar interests with like minded people. I loved to tinker with devices and PCs and learn how they work, from circuitry to software. In my later teens, I developed a large interest for MMORPGs, from EQ to WoW and Aion as well.
I played poker online for a living starting in 2009/10. With regulations in place, that made life a bit more difficult, so that brings me here. Poker is not much different from trading so I find applying the same approach in my trade decisions to be a successful/winning strategy. The crypto space is a perfect unity of all my interests pieced together.
I believe in forever knowledge seeking, empowering one another, and respecting each other. We're all in this amazing space together and I do believe that 2018 will be a wonderful year for crypto! Please tag me if you ever have a question or need some help. Thanks all for being a part of steemit and having me here in this wonderful community. <3