I've been following cryptocurrencies and the blockchain technology for years, hearing all the time that the tech will change the world as we know, but never being able to understand the examples people would draw. They always seemed far fetched, and at best catered to a niche audience.

A while back, I started researching again as the ICO-craze became all the rage, and crypto and the blockchain became the subject of mainstream media attention once more, and I saw the future clearly. Decentralised services with "better than free" models, which don't even exploit users through malicious tracking and what not, is the future. I can't wait for the internet to be rebuilt in the image of Steemit and the other decentralised services that are pioneering the model right now.