My discovery of cryptocurrency and subsequently blockchain technologies was borne in the Darknet, specifically, through Reddit. But its there that I found not only my own discovery, but the World's discovery.
In my discovery period I found that the growth of Bitcoin was largely based in the more nefarious of events in its earliest days and continues on being used in less-than-savory ways by some even still. But it's this that has brought it out to shine enough light on it that large groups of people who otherwise wouldn’t' have ever visited the Darknet are now exposed and more curious about this new "money".
In my head, that's right about where we are now. Frankly I'm astounded that blockchain and cryptocurrencies aren't more mainstream by now but, they're not. I reach out to friends I've known for going on 20 years and say "you into bitcoin or cryptocurrency at all?" and they all reply "nah why?"…
I feel like a pioneer among my friends but I know that the true pioneers laid the tracks that brought me here and allowed me to discover what I foresee to be a UAHF in my career. In one way or another I know and understand now() that blockchain has entered the world and is erupting just beneath the surface.
Thank you Darknet