I was mostly being facetious. Probably in part because I missed the boat, or at least all the current ones. I'm not that clued up on the nuances of crypto (hence the naivety of my original comment). The technology behind it seems interesting. That for certain is here to stay and I'm intrigued to see what people much smarter than I will do with it. One example I saw was using it to aid in the development of self-driving cars. Do you have any recommendations for essential reading materials in this area? It seems every other book I read is one you've mentioned on here and I rarely regret it picking them up.
I wish I did. It's a really shallow pool at the moment. The scary thing is you already know a lot of the people who are good at explaining it.
Yes, veen's excellent article covers what I already knew about the blockchain technology. It's always nice to get a refresher though. I didn't know what made Ethereum different to Bitcoin though, so that's good to know. Now I can see what exactly Ether has that gives it much greater potential in regards to how in can be applied to different scenarios.