Sometime around 2013, an early adopter friend offered me Bitcoin. I responded the way I thought any rational person would. “No way,” I said. “Why would I need dark web money?” Even though I’m educated, intellectually curious, and successful in my career, I was quick to judge this new technology without proper investigation. In other words, I was like most people. Years later, I found myself in a relationship with someone who understood cryptocurrency and the new financial frontier it represen...