The Crypto "it’s Kind of Like..." Competition
Connecting the Dots
Ever since we launched our weekly Crypto Art competition, we’ve been getting great engagement and attracting new users through @creativecrypto’s Facebook page and Twitter account. We’re constantly witnessing the need for creative representations of the technology to draw in and compel the next generation of blockchain users.
Today, we want to try something a bit different that might bring a whole new dimension of the crypto-world to the curious. Over the last couple of years, we (and I’m sure most you all reading this) have had to twist ourselves into pretzels trying to explain blockchain and cryptocurrency to friends, family, colleagues, professors, pets, accountants, and the bathroom mirror. One of the proven tactics is to come up with an understandable analogy for how different parts of the technology work. Common ones are “like digital points in video games” or “like stocks in a company.” We figured that other Steemians have had to overcome these same hurdles, so as a community activity we thought we could try...
The Crypto "it’s Kind of Like..." Competition
For this competition, we’d like to learn about your best analogies. To be considered for one our top prizes, please follow these guidelines -
- Submit a comment! (1 per person)
- Your analogy must be 2-3 sentences. If you like, you can also include a note about the time you used it on someone else.
- Make sure to submit your comment by Monday April 23, 10pm EST
- Follow the @creativecrypto magazine
We will curate 5-10 of the best analogies, publish them on the @creativecrypto account (to be further shared on our other social-media outlets), and pair them with a custom sketch by our team of illustrators! Each of the top comments will receive a 10% upvote by @sndbox and all successful entries will receive a partial upvote.
Today, crypto is getting more popular and a lot of people are beginning to want to deepen it. I just studied crypto earlier this year. As I studied I also shared it with the people closest and tried to make them understand. Full of challenges, because crypto is something really unique and new, it's like science fiction for them. Finally I found an analogy that I think is appropriate enough to mean how the crypto works. Below is my analogy:
Thank you @karmachela for a winning submission! We'll be publishing your analogy next week on the @creativecrypto account with custom illustrations.
AWESOMEEE! Thanks for the great competition @sndbox and @creativecrypto.
Crypto is like a box of firecrackers, you never know which one will be a dud, a stud or or one that gets stuck in the mud! We’ve all learned that every crypto might get some fud but we hodl on coins like steem in anticipation of the next Big Bang!
Thank you @yonny for a winning submission! We'll be publishing your analogy next week on the @creativecrypto account with custom illustrations.
Wohooo! Thanks for running this awesome competition I really enjoyed reading all the entries. You’re the best! :))
Crypto is like a millennial's avant-garde veggie based diet
....like a cucumber burger! Yes!
You are going to pursue it because it is going to change the world... And your life.
But truly.....
you will never be able to fully get it till you reallyyy get it.
And.... it is painful
because you know that meat consumption is so tasty
like... no matter how great the crypto is... you will never be able to leave Sir. Benjamin for good....
;)
Thank you @mintvilla for a winning submission! We'll be publishing your analogy next week on the @creativecrypto account with custom illustrations.
thanks =]
Cryptocurrency is kind of like bacteria spreading around the world with so many sources that nobody can kill it around the globe.
This bacteria can be mutated into good which like Steemit providing platform to reward content curator and building up an awesome community or mutated into bad like various type of scam, abuser and phishing activities going around trying to get more!
It’s probiotic:)
Thank you @aaronleang for a winning submission! We'll be publishing your analogy next week on the @creativecrypto account with custom illustrations.
Awesome! Thank you @sndbox
Referring to Blockchain:
It's kind of like sending a group text that you can't edit or delete. When you send it, everyone gets a copy and regardless of who sends the message everyone has the same record of the conversation. So it would basically be impossible to get rid of that history if it were a group text with millions of recipients.
good analogy... if getting rid of the message from everyone else's accounts wasn't exactly what Facebook did with all messages sent by their CEO at one point X/
Glad that can't happen here on steemit :)
But, FB's villainy aside, it's a pretty good analogy !
now that I think about it, it means it's even MORE secure than group messages ;)
Thank you @midlet for a winning submission! We'll be publishing your analogy next week on the @creativecrypto account with custom illustrations.
Yay! Awesome! Thanks @sndbox!
dear @sndbox
great post,,,Truly, the most outstanding kind of steamt account is sndbox .. which is really giving everyone the prize ... sndbox I love so muc,h..I think everyone who works with steemit needs to follow the sndbox,,,,Because you can learn a lot from sandbox account...And there are many lessons to be taken in participating in the challenge...I like sandbox more ...because They are participating in the challenge and everyone is doing the prizes...best of luck dear @sndbox & @creativecrypto
Great comments I like your comments
This comment has received a 0.27 % upvote from @booster thanks to: @tanisha786.
Cryptocurrency is kind of like cash receipts you receive after paying for a product; in this case, the receipts are digital. Also instead of getting the popular one-year warranty, you get warranty for a lifetime which means that you can return this receipt at anytime and have your money back. Another beautiful thing is that you can exchange this receipt with anyone who shops from that same supermarket!
Cheers @Sndbox!
Cryptocurrency... it's kind of like... honey in a bee hive. The honey is owned by a community of bees that all contribute to building the wax foundation (the blockchain). The honey is a sweet reward that is shared among those that help to build the community and make it better, healthier and stronger.
Note: this an example, not eligible for a sndbox upvote
I can't stop laughing at this.
Last week, I explained the blockchain to a little green man with big hairy ears in this terms :
He vanished convinced... :-)
Every crypto is like a human being. Well-known krypto coins are poor if the rich people are very little known. Crypto is human. Because when there is a negative event, its value falls. If people show him love, he's worth more. He's a little egotistical because he thinks he's on top if you value too much.