Too Long; Didn't Read
By any measure, 2017 was an epic year for Crypto, which I define as the confluence of the <a href="https://hackernoon.com/tagged/blockchain" target="_blank">blockchain</a>, cryptocurrency, decentralization, smart contracts and zero-knowledge proof. <a href="https://hackernoon.com/tagged/crypto" target="_blank">Crypto</a> started with a market cap of $18 billion, and finished with a market cap of $600 billion.