# Introduction

> Written under a Full Moon in Aries

**Published by:** [Discerns.xyz](https://discerns.xyz/)
**Published on:** 2022-10-05
**Categories:** personal
**URL:** https://discerns.xyz/introduction

## Content

*Written under a Full Moon in Aries.* # **What got you into blockchain?** It’s the go-to ice breaker question at any web3 gathering and for being a common question, almost no two answers are alike. That’s the beauty of this space, every individual’s fall into the rabbit hole is as unique as the next. As for me it was really simple- an insatiable curiosity when I heard two of my favorite things in the same sentence, “blockchain” and “government”. A bit endearing in hindsight. [Here is an interview](https://cryptoconexion.com/entrevista-a-amber-seira/) I did with Crypto Conexión earlier this year that describes my journey into crypto. It’s in English with Spanish translated subtitles. # Why ‘discernment’? I love the paradigm shift brought on from blockchain technologies so much that I can be quite critical in its application. My first project deep dive into the application of blockchain technologies was during my 2017 -18 [Fulbright](https://us.fulbrightonline.org/) grant where I studied government adoption of blockchain technology. This was during the ICO frivolity and I was in the middle of sorting through why even use blockchain as the underlying tech stack. I remember excitement around the [Rohingya Project](https://rohingyaproject.com/) and experimentation [issuing land titles](https://cointelegraph.com/news/georgia-becomes-first-country-to-register-property-on-blockchain) in the country of Georgia. Smart contracts was a favorite buzzword but with limited iterations and field examples. In all this flurry of activity (did the flurry ever stop?) I grounded myself in the principles of the distributed ledger technology and always asked whether a distributed system across nodes was really necessary. Discernment became my favorite reminder throughout my web3 journey and that habit never really stopped. I’ve grown an aptitude for stepping back and being critical towards my decisions and approach in life. ## What readers can expect I will explore topics contextualizing disciplines of Human Computer Interaction (HCI) theory, particularly postcolonial computing and computer-supported cooperative work (CSCW) concepts. I am driven by the intersection of government and blockchain technologies (monetary policy, stablecoins, CBDCs, etc.) as well as civic endeavors that address gender and racial inclusion in the technology and finance industry. Yes, I’m a policy nerd but value demystifying the swirling blockchain universes. I also plan to share my accounts of my experiences in web3 as well as connect the dots to broader themes of social justice and community. Let me know how you like using Paragraph! I was on autopilot setting up a blog on either Substack or WordPress route out of convenience and familiarity. I realized that I wanted to align my web3 values and challenge myself to learn something new.

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