I'd just spent the whole of 2017 making piles of money on cryptos, Steemit was totally pumping, and I felt like some sort of crypto blog god. I did have a sense that all was not as it seemed, but I had no idea how hard the illusion was about to crash.

Back in the old days sailors and prisoners used to get tattoos and everyone else used to take one look at them and make a mental note to avoid giving them a job.