A history lesson and an introduction to NEON. The founder of Ethereum, Vitalik Buterin, was a dedicated World of Warcraft player—up until the day that Blizzard Entertainment, the developer of WoW, removed a key component of his Siphon Life spell without warning. The spell no longer worked. He was devastated. This moment from 2013 played a role in Vitalik’s vision to make a decentralized currency, and let people take ownership of their digital assets. With ownership deeply embedded in the etho...