Banking experts are working overtime these days to "talk down" the cryptocurrency boom. Among the typical talking points used against cryptocurrency is that it has no "inherent value". It's a neat argument and intuitively appealing to the average reader. Except it might not actually be true. Network economics asserts that there is value inherent in the network itself, so as cryptocurrency networks grow, value is created, much in the same way that Facebook or Airbnb create value. 

I'm bullish on cryptocurrency and I think you should be too. It's a complicated area but I've tried to break it down into a few simple facts that explain why it's so compelling and why it's here to stay. Becuase this is an "intro" I've certainly glossed over some major concepts, in order to make it manageable. Bottom line: even if you think it's a bubble (it is), you should still get involved in it, even knowing that, because it's about to change the world in ways the average person can hardly imagine. The genie is out of the bottle, and nobody's going to be able to put it back in.