Cryptocurrency For The Uninitiated

Michael Trigg
4 min readJan 16, 2020

Don’t believe all you have read about crypto. Fifty percent of it is hype and misleading information initiated by traders who profit from the cryptocurrency’s volatility.

An image of a man trading bitcoin at a computer with a smart phone in his hand.
Image Credit: Chev Liverani, Unsplash.

What is the standard by which money should be judged? According to The Bitcoin Standard, a book by Saifedean Ammous, there are three factors that make up the viability of a currency.

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Michael Trigg

A “Jack of all Trades” and master of some: Mechanic, Writer, Sales Rep, TV producer, Management, Insurance Agent, Consultant www.handshakeconsultants.com