Author Steven Johnson wrote an in-depth, yet easy to understand piece about the current Bitcoin mania and its underlying technology, blockchain. Leaving aside the cryptocurrency mania, this article helped me finally understand the many different possible applications of blockchain technology, and its potential to change the world. Although I think it was foolish of him to share his blockchain address and private key with the public (I hope those weren’t real!)
Read Steven’s article in the New York Times here: Beyond the Bitcoin Bubble