You've Seen These Words. You Have No Idea What They Mean. Unfortunately, You Really Need To Now.
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The article emphasizes the complexities of cryptocurrency jargon and its unique nature compared to traditional money. It explains key concepts such as cryptocurrency, which lacks physical backing, and the blockchain, the technology that ensures transaction security and transparency. Despite being a technological breakthrough, cryptocurrency's value is largely based on market perception and the belief in its buy-in from others, creating a unique and often confusing investment landscape.
Crypto is hard to talk about. Not in that it's an emotionally heavy subject-it very much is not-but in that crypto people have, in the span of just a few years, created an entire new cottage industry of jargon that is exhausting to follow.
For now, not much gives cryptocurrency value other than the belief that other people will ultimately want to buy it. It can get a little more complicated.
Read at Slate Magazine
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