Just a while ago, while in a bookstore browsing for new books, I came upon the shelf intended for bestselling books. The topmost rack did not interest me at all. But when I came to the third rack, I was surprised to see Don and Alex Tapscott's book Blockchain Revolution among the bestsellers. I suddenly wondered how in this half-urban half-rural city in a developing country, a thick book about the blockchain technology hit the bestseller category.



While still a bit stunned by this curious revelation and having it slowly sink in me, I continued browsing through the books. Little did I know that I was up for another surprise. At the bottom part of the shelf, another book caught my eye. A book by Michael J. Casey and Paul Vigna, The Age Of Cryptocurrency: How Bitcoin And The Blockchain Are Challenging The Global Economic Order, is also one of the bestsellers. And not only that, while the other book still has a few pieces left, Casey and Vigna's has the display the only one left.

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Not that I underestimated the people in my place and their interest over it all, but I was just surprised because aside from the scams using Bitcoin/Cryptocurrency and the shallow small talks about it going on around, I have never heard of local individuals who are seriously hungry for Bitcoin/Blockchain/Cryptocurrency knowledge that they could make these thick and probably boring books local bestsellers.

This for me is one solid proof that Bitcoin/Blockchain/Cryptocurrency is now really seeping through the awareness of the people. I am now curious if you have also encountered something like this, something that surprises you at the same time made you realize that indeed the time has come, that Bitcoin/Blockchain/Cryptocurrency is already here. A story from developing countries is especially interesting.