What is a blockchain? Why is cryptocurrency the future of the finance world? Below you can find a deck I was preparing for a lighting talk at ESGgo. Since I got some positive feedback on it, I wanted to share it broadly. Hopefully, you will find it valuable.
In the past two years, I’ve been fascinated by the rise of web3.Β
As Albert (from union square venture) wrote:
“It is difficult to overstate how big an innovation this is. We went from not being able to do something at all to having a first working version. Again to be clear, I am not saying this will solve all problems. Of course it wonβt. And it will even create new problems of its own. Still, permissionless data was a crucial missing piece β its absence resulted in a vast power concentration. As such Web3 can, if properly developed and with the right kind of regulation, provide a meaningful shift in power back to individuals and communities.“
Albert WengeR – USV
So let’s start with the first step. Get your wallet. You can think on the crypto wallet as a ‘browser’ to the world of distributed applications that lives in the #web3 world. I would suggest you to try a few wallets as we are still very early in this new frontier.
Desktop: I like Exodus and (of course) you need Metamask in your browser. Btw, Brave got a wallet as well but with Metamask it will be ‘easier’ to start ‘trying’ the NFT world as well.
π¨Do NOT buy any hardware wallet from third-party resellers such as Amazon or eBay. Only buy units from the OEM to ensure that you are getting a clean device.
Next, you wish to buy some tokens (e.g. BTC, ETH, SOL etc’) – You can do it in one of the exchanges below.
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Coinbase – The easy way to get into the crypto world.