Introducing Myself: Tears of Joy

Last week, I cried. I cried tears of joy!

Let me tell you the story why...

Source: I took this picture on a road trip through Portugal, 4 years ago. A mural painting in Setúbal, Portugal. I'm guessing this was inspired by the Troika and the IMF offering bailout money to Portugal.

But first, some other information:

• I joined Steemit about 9 months ago

• I did a little marketing campaign for Steemit here in Lisbon, Portugal

• I got turned off a bit by Steemit because of the 100% inflation rate and the 2 year power down time

With the latest hardforks, those specs have now been changed, so I am coming back on the Steemit platform.

Now here is my story!

I graduated from university in 2008, at the same time as the world was being hit by the financial crisis. I was living in Paris at that time, and I remember telling people that "this type of crisis usually only lasts about 2 years."

But then I realized I was actually talking out of my ass. I didn't understand the financial crisis, so how would I know how long it would last?

That day I decided to start studying economics in more detail. I wanted to understand why this financial crisis happened.

And boy, it has been an interesting subject to study!

• I started understanding economics better

• I realized that money is created out of thin air by the banks and that all fiat money is someone being in debt.

How fucked up is that? Pardon my French.

• I started getting interested in Monetary Reform

• I began realizing why holding precious metals is important

• I found out about Bitcoin and later on other cryptocurrencies, and it got me hooked

Now last week I cried, I cried tears of joy

I seriously did!

Seeing Bitcoin go over $2000, Ethereum over $150 and Steemit over $1 again.

It seems like cryptocurrencies are going to go mainstream.

I now have several friends of mine making money blogging on Steemit and getting interested in cryptocurrencies. And I can now upvote their content using the Steemit website, while being on the bus.

Web 3.0, anyone?

Congrats to @bensson and @mirjamsvideos

Powered by a blockchain... How amazing is that!

We finally have the tools available to step away from the evil debt-based money system that has been ruling the world for the last hundred years.

After almost 10 years of studying economics and money, I think Steemit is one of the most imaginative projects I have ever seen.

This makes me so happy it makes me cry.

Tears of Joy!

I think the time has come where we will see prosperity coming to the world which we have never seen before in our lifetime. This debt-based money has been holding us back and it's time to start using alternatives.

In my next posts, I will go over some books I read that helped me understanding economics, finance, money and other related subjects.

I'm excited! I really am!

Decentralization is coming!

Just because there is no centralized institution in the world that can keep track of this innovation.

For now.

To be continued...

The Monetary Few