You start the journey with a small pie of bitcoin ( say 0.006) — a taster!
Then you go up to 5% exposure because that is the hedge that the new age thought leaders are recommending
But, you are still nervous — because a part of your head is shouting ‘digital tulips’
Now that you are into digital ‘gold’ you are fascinated by digital ‘silver’ ( ethereum) Before you realise , you are already dabbling in alt. coins ( atleast 8000 of them to pick from!)
But , you still get nervous ( admittedly) when Taleb bashes crypto for the 65th time
Then you get excited at the Coinbase IPO numbers
Sometimes you wish you did not ignore that geek colleague of yours -was it 8 or 9 years ago now? - talking about BTC after work in the pub (btw, he is a millionaire now!)
NFTs catch your curiousity next — but , you still can’t get yourself to buy a gif for 200$ (technically — a non fungible token in your digital wallet that represents the gif )
You go for a walk to clear your head and at the corner shop you ask the shopkeeper, ” how much in fiat money for the pint of milk ?”. The shopkeeper stares at you.
Now , you are creating a ‘hello world’ smart contract on a testnet and learning solidity
One year later , you say
Crypto is the solution — what is the problem again?