I just don't understand how I could have been so ignorant until the last couple months. I am a very curious person who reads about a lot of random things. So the fact that I knew virtually nothing about the blockchain or cryptocurrency still blows my mind.

I think a big part of it is the people that are the most afraid of it (big money, big banks, big investment firms) are all so vocally disdainful, that the masses unwittingly accept their statements.