My introduction into the crypto-world
Just a few months ago I did not have a faintest idea about cryptocurrencies; ok, I have heard about Bitcoin but only vaguely and would never expect to get involved in it - as it seemed so hyped and overpriced and there were many people saying the bubble would burst eventually. I had a hard time wrapping my head around it all. What? you pay real hard-earned $$$ for series of zeroes and ones representing currency in your computer? Too geeky for a humanist. Too abstract for a linguist. Too impractical for an educator.
And yet the notion kept bugging me. It kept nagging me to check it out and that is how I started to realize that in the modern world virtually (sic!) all we have are series of zeros and ones. Exaggeration? Well, music, films, e-books, audio books - see streaming services. Friends and social life - social networks. Things we buy - online transactions. Banks - internet access and mobile cash... should I say more? And it finally dawned on me - this is not the future, this is the present. The virtual revolution is well under way.
When I realized this I started looking for a niche for myself to ease myself into the whole new world of crypto-things (but do notice that things here is meant virtually). I am a non-tech person, a humanist, a philosopher by nature and a linguist by profession all in one. Was there a place in the crypto-world for me? I do not understand finance very well; even the regular money is a tad too abstract for me - how can virtual money be any easier. And then... enter Steemit! A place where I hope to experience the first insights into how this new (brave, perhaps) world will work.
So what else should you know about me? Well, I see myself a little bit like the figure in the picture above, which incidentally is Personnage Hillaire by Jean Dubuffet, one of the pictures that always cheer me up. I am an active educator and work in an international context teaching literature, language, philosophy and critical thinking. I love teaching and sharing knowledge with others. I love getting inspired by other people, whoever they are.
My recent other (besides cryptocurency) project is connected with the international language - Esperanto, which I hope to become more and more widespread and I hope to share some of it here, on Steemit, so expect some Esperanto posts from me. My big dream is to put together a course of Esperanto from beginner to advanced, all with frills and whistles like a website and a mobile app, so I will be working towards that goal with you guys, too, if you're up to it.
See you around, folks and I'm looking forward to a great journey together.
P.S. My nickname Erinaco is hedgehog in Esperanto.
Cheers,
E67
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Welcome to steemit!
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Saluton Erinaco kaj bonvenon je steemit!
Mi estas sur vojo adiaŭante tiun ĉi platformon. Se mi povus esprimi min tiel bone angle kiel vi, kaj pli kompreni la tutan monogajnan aferon, eble mi restus pli longe ĉi tie. Steemit estas spegulo de la efektiva mondo, kapitalisma, nur iom vestita kiel alternativa liberema demokratia entrepreno. Mi verkis multajn artikolojn, kelkajn, kiuj bezonis multe da klopodo, tempa kaj mensa, sed revenis preskaŭ neniu resonaco kaj financa gajno. Aliflanke mi tre ŝatis verki esperanto-artikolojn. Kaj mi lernis multege pri novaj teknologioj (ne forgesante, ke la homo ne nur konsistas el algoritmoj). Kaj ankaŭ aliaj interesaj aferoj, kaj mi retrenkontiĝis kun kelkajn agrablajn homojn...
Bonan sukceson ĉi tie!
Dankon pro viaj afablaj vortoj! Mi bedaŭras aŭdi, ke vi lasas Steemit. Ĉu vi publikigas viajn artikolojn aliloke? Ĉu estas pli bonaj lokoj por Esperanto-artikoloj? Lasu min scii, kie vi publikigas viajn tekstojn, se vi forlasos Steemit.
Observante mi certe ĉeestos Steemit. Ĉar mi nun denove havas plenan laborpostenon, al mi mankas libera tempo. Kelkfoje mi publikigas artikoletojn je socia retplatformo MEDIUM. Steemit estas intersa afero, certe, sed oni devas atentigi pri tio, ke ĝi ne formanĝaĉas vian tutan tempon. Ĝi havas dependigaĉan potencon.
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