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Is Crypto-Currency For Me?
Hi again, all my family, friends, fiends, foes and all of you funky folks!
Dean here again, trying to figure out some new stuff, failing, but trying hard, and needing help. So, I want to talk about crypto currency and learn about it myself. Sometimes I write these articles for me, so as to research and learn. So, I get it. It feels like everywhere you turn, somebody’s talking about Bitcoin this, Ethereum that, some new coin that’s going to make everybody a millionaire by Tuesday. It’s enough to make your head swim the backstroke, and if you’re anything like me, you start wondering, “Is this whole crypto-currency thing for me, or am I just too old-school for this bullstuffing?”
Well, pull up a chair, grab your favorite beverage, and let’s learn about this like we’re sitting on the porch shooting the breeze. No jargon-filled mumbo-jumbo, no trying to sell you the moon. Just the straight talk you’ve come to expect from me, “The Dean of Rock & Roll.”
What In The Ever-Loving Universe Of Money Is Crypto-Currency, Anyway?
Let me explain it the way I’d explain it to a buddy at the car lot. You know how when you buy a used car, you hand over real, tangible cash, or you write a check, or you swipe a card? The bank keeps track of it all. They’re the middleman. They verify that you…
