Now everyone can sort truth from myth and understand the mechanisms of cryptocurrency as well as the stakes involved.

They've been part of the monetary universe for a decade now: cryptocurrencies, with Bitcoin in the lead, are often in the news and the subject of great controversy.
For some, they are based on pure speculation, can be conducive to money laundering, and finance terrorism. Worse yet, the now-famous "Bitcoin farms" are an environmental disaster.
Others praise the libertarian dimension of crypto: the emancipation they enable from the classical banking system and its flaws, as well as the inviolability of the blockchain on which they are founded. With all this, it can be hard for a layperson to tell fact from fiction.
As nations consider ever more seriously developing their own central bank e-currency, it is important to remain clear-sighted with a concrete grasp of the mechanisms behind cryptocurrencies and the issues they raise.