Anyone else in here studied the emerging blockchain cryptocurrency industry? The emerging ICO industry has already raised more money in 2017 than the entire Venture Capital industry.
As Fed Ex and USPS are intermediaries in the exchange of information, so centralized corporations like PayPal and Royal Bank of Scotland are intermediaries in the exchange of value. As email eliminated the FedEx/traditional intermediary and increased speed and efficiency of free information exchange, so blockchains eliminate intermediaries like banks in the free exchange of value. We are essentially moving from the internet of information to the internet of value.
Thought I would throw this up there for discussion. Personally, I'm getting involved beyond trading on or mining via a room full of graphics card processors.