How to beat myths and make money from cryptocurrency

Many cryptocurrencies are decentralized networks based on Blockchain technology. [Courtesy]

When Lawrence Mberi and Louis Kaptich first heard of cryptocurrency back in 2010 and 2016 respectively, both of them did not care much for it. This is despite Bitcoin - the world’s largest cryptocurrency by market capitalisation - having debuted in 2009 with a lot of fanfare.

Just like everyone else, they obeyed the instincts which strongly told them not to indulge. “Bitcoin is a scam and cryptocurrency is another Multi-level marketing pyramid scheme.” This was all they heard.