As of today, Coinbase tracks the price of 4,683 cryptocurrency assets. Compare that to the measly 180 currencies recognized by the United Nations and we quickly see how "crypto" has become hard to track or even take seriously. I mean, many of these are a dime a dozen. Even less. Then a news anchor tells us that a single Bitcoin is worth $60k and we're supposed to believe it. Who gets to say what this stuff is worth, anyways? I think that's a great question so today I want to invite you to consider an old way to evaluate these newfangled things.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://blog.scious.io/the-most-successful-cryptocurrency-you-havent-heard-of/