How The Blockchain Can Free You From The Banking Industry
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By Joe Jarvis
The power or right to act, speak, or think as one wants without hindrance or restraint… that’s freedom.
For many, the word means the ability to do as they see fit. For some, it’s a call to action. And for others, freedom is a dream worthy of giving their lives.
Fortunately for a good number of people within the Western world, freedom is something we have come to expect within our daily lives.
Though for as often as we hear and speak of our freedom, there still exist many areas in which freedom is merely just a word.
And in no area is that lack of freedom felt more heavily than within banking institutions. We rely on these institutions and companies for critical aspects of our lives. Yet all too often they serve only themselves at to the detriment of their customers.
Modern Banking and the Bonds of Finances
The advent of modern banking grew out of a principle of providing people with a utility. Banks could be relied upon and used to advance customers’ living standards and financial security.
Though as populations boomed and business continued to soar, banking shifted into a $100 trillion dollar industry globally.
With that shift came a change in the way that banks conducted themselves.
Loans took on a predatory nature with the help of government incentives. They no longer were designed to help individuals attain the things they could use to better their lives. But instead, loans trapped individuals into a spiraling debt cycle to drive banking profits higher.
Fraud became more widespread and much more difficult to prosecute. Often perpetrators simply resigned with a healthy severance package earned from their misdeeds.
And regulators became embroiled with those they were meant to be regulating. Lobbying on behalf of commercial banks became a standard practice.
The entire industry shifted into becoming a source of distrust and malalignment among average citizens. And after the 2008 financial crisis and the subsequent bailouts, that distrust only grew.
In the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis, the uglier side of the banking industry became quite apparent.
The truth about the predatory loans and the shady dealings of corporate banks started to come to light over time. Stories of how major banks had acted against the interest of the people they served began to become the norm.
Though ugly as it is, modern banking and its major players have not changed at all nor lost their grip on power over countries. If anything they’ve strengthened those bonds.
Those bonds have formed a deep connection with the way we live.
Without banks, many of the things we take for granted, things as simple as buying a morning coffee, would be much more difficult.
On top of that, modern life almost necessitates the need for an individual to do business with a bank.
Understandably, the inability to live without banks is a limitation of personal freedom in the true definition of the word. But how can that be changed?
Cryptocurrencies and a New Type of Finance
By now, most people are familiar with cryptocurrencies in some fashion. Whether or not they fully understand them, though, is based upon their exposure. But with the popularity of Bitcoin in the news, most are at least aware that a different currency exists outside of the typical one.
It was Bitcoin that brought cryptocurrency into the spotlight, introducing many people to the idea of a financial system operating outside of the reach of major banks. Though, unfortunately, it was also Bitcoin that rather soured the average citizen on the idea of cryptocurrency as well.
It’s–relatively–anonymous exchange coupled with media efforts to link cryptocurrency with crime, sullied the first impression people had with the currency. There was also misconduct of certain individuals within the Bitcoin sphere, which led to cryptocurrency being mislabeled and misunderstood.
But what if we take a step back to look at the cryptocurrency for what it is and what it can do? We see the best possibility for breaking the chains of modern banking and freeing people from the power of the banks.
Cryptocurrencies are a way to remove major banks from the equation of personal finances.
They allow people to trade, buy, sell, and use a medium of exchange more quickly, more securely, and without the need for a bank.
In principle, cryptocurrencies are the best way for people to take back their freedom to act in their own best interests, without relying on manipulative banks.
The Blockchain and Secure Banking
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