Cryptocurrencies — The Trend That If You Blink Too Fast You’ll Miss

The human condition has been one that has been defined by trends, some of which take and become part of our civilization ‘s advance— is cryptocurrency one of those?

When Eric Sanders came home on a crisp autumn day and declared that he was dropping out of college, his mother’s heart almost stopped.

It was the mid-1990s and thousands of young Americans, mostly young white men, were heading out to Silicon Valley to find their fortunes in a vast array of internet companies that were each seeking to revolutionize the world.

Sanders’ mother was understandably concerned that the “internet” revolution was nothing more than a trend.

A single mother who had raised Eric on her own when his father had abandoned the family, it took nothing short of a herculean effort to send her son to Berkeley, and now he was looking to give it all up.

“It’s not a trend Mom, it’ll revolutionize the world, me and a couple of friends are starting up a new company that’s going to let people buy stuff online. Just imagine, you’ll never have to step out of…