The Early Days of Ethereum
Crypto, as every nascent industry, has its own peculiar culture. A culture that seems weird to outsiders – as the artistic and technological vanguards always seem. Ethereum was at the birth of the industry, as the leading digital asset and blockchain protocol to achieve massive success outside of Bitcoin.
“The Cryptopians“, authored by the seasoned journalist Laura Shin, sheds light on the early days of this industry, the birth of Ethereum and its early days, in a captivating narrative that reads almost like a romance.
Through her meticulous research and vivid storytelling, Shin shines a light on how the culture of Ethereum and the broader crypto industry came to be. The book goes beyond the surface. It explores the motivations, ambitions, and human flaws of its key players – figures celebrated not just for their successes but also marked by their human vulnerabilities and occasional missteps.
With a captivating narrative, Shin goes through the essential dramas that made it to the annals of crypto. From its turbulent birth to the boom of ICO’s craze, the burst of the DAO hack, and the slow recovery that followed, it is a comprehensive story of how Ethereum came to be the powerhouse that fueled crypto from a dreamy payment mechanism to the revolution of digital ownership and autonomous code of today.
Every nascent culture requires its myths. And every myth requires a narrator to tell the hero’s journey. “The Cryptopians” achieves just this, and mirrors the entire crypto industry, reflecting a journey fraught with innovation, disruption, and the inevitable human complexities. In between its lines, the crypto-enthusiastic reader will find its own motivations, ambitions, and fears reflected in the character’s actions. After all, such is life.