Ethereum Co-founder: Cryptocurrency Next Logical Step in Evolution of Money

Consider that years ago the idea of paper money — let alone digital money — seemed abstract. In fact, when Marco Polo first came back from his travels in the East, his stories of people in China using paper representations of money (as opposed to metal) were discredited as sorcery.
It would take until the late 17th century for the idea to actually take hold. This is similar to later forms of derivative money like cryptocurrencies, electronically transferred across comp