Omid was introduced to the future unwittingly when a friend asked him to buy her a Bitcoin. It was 2013, and he had no idea what he was doing. The experience left an impression, so he decided to learn more. But the more he studied, the less he understood. And yet somehow, the more he believed.

Blockchain technology and the digital assets that it enables are not the natural evolution of any one field. They are the amalgamation of several—a mixed ancestry that makes them both transformative and confusing.

Omid has spent almost a decade being confused about crypto so you don’t have to be. The best way to understand something is by figuring out how to explain it to others.