Visions of Blockchain Magazine S01E02 | Page 57

Megaphone Societal Crypto Trojan Given this trend of rising corporate and central banking interest in Blockchain technology, it’s inevitable that the first widespread mainstream adoption of blockchain and cryptocurrency will be driven primarily by the existing status quo and power brokers. The average citizen will be comfortably using behind-the-scenes cryptocurrency on a daily basis well before Bitcoin or Ether reach mar- ket caps that rival the smallest fiat currencies. When you open a bank account today, the tel- ler doesn’t explain the bank’s entire technolo- gy stack and how the underlying transaction is processed. And in the near future, that same bank won’t explain how your money is actually cryptocurrency operating on a private banking consortium blockchain. Most won’t know, or care.