https://d18t9gwja9h9h.cloudfront.net/images/M_EVENT_IMAGE/31/66/18/316618_logo_blockchain2_claim.png # Block-Chains *** ## Technology is a double-edged sword. []() ## It works for us and against us. []() ## It increases communication and also isolation. []() ## It saves us time. It wastes our time. []() ## It brings us together. It rips us apart []() https://media.giphy.com/media/ZPlJZb9ah3ukU/giphy.gif This is true of the Blockchain, which has the potential to provide people with unparalleled freedom or facilitate humanity's total enslavement. []() In recent weeks, I've noticed people becoming aware of the possible dangers blockchain technology could pose and how it could be used as a tool of subjugation. There are already signs that that banksters and power elite are executing plans to infiltrate, manipulate and subvert blockchain technologies. https://media.giphy.com/media/xUPGcE6ob2PcsNFtnO/giphy.gif Goldman Sachs backed Circle has just bought Poloniex and there are sure to be more major moves to infiltrate the cryptosphere, manipulate the markets, gain influence, flood the market with government backed cryptocurrencies, mimic decentralization and initiate deliberate attempts to crash the markets, all in an effort to regain complete control of the financial sector and world economy. Still, others openly speculate if cryptocurrencies themselves, and the promise of freedom that comes with them, are nothing more than a technological trojan horse planned in advance by the NWO and quietly introduced to usher in a world currency. #### Perhaps, even a case of predictive programming as the Rothschild publication **_The Economist_** indicated 30 years ago. []() http://www.theeventchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Economist-88.jpg https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-C6vWEKgfy9U/U-12opP2d1I/AAAAAAAAIqA/33xgzBmt3kM/s1600/2012.jpg ## 2018 Winter Olympics Closing Ceremony https://cdn4.dogonews.com/images/c0a64bd9-2e42-47bc-a9b4-f5420f50aee6/ezgif_3_acc861a068-0.gif *** It's time. This is the fourth installment of the **Conspiracy Creative Writing Contest** and as always I eagerly await your submissions. *** https://media.giphy.com/media/8VjR1QhPTfzeU/giphy.gif # BLOCK-CHAINS - Contest []() In the latest edition of the 'Conspiracy Creative Writing Contest', I would like to hear your visions of dystopia on the blockchain, how cryptocurrencies could be used to imprison humanity or ways in which blockchain technology could be exploited to the benefit of a select few and to the detriment of the many. # Rules []() ### Must Resteem this Post ### Must Keep the submission to 2000 words or less ### Limited to one contest entry per account ### Submissions must be made in an original post (not in comments) ### Submissions have to include the lead tag "blockchains-contest" ### Contest Ends - 7 days from this posting []() https://media.giphy.com/media/xUA7b5d4cuUuyhVkOc/giphy.gif []() # Winners []() ### Winning submissions will meet the rules criteria ### Winners will be announced 9 days from the time of posting []() []() # Prizes and Categories []() ### Overall Best (First Prize - 50) ### Biggest Mindfuck (20) ### Funny As Hell (20) ### Best Style / Tone (10) ### Best Line (10) []() []() Bonus @v4vapid upvotes/resteems also in the mix All Kinds of Entries are welcome Just be sure to include some conspiracy elements! With each and every installment of this contest, the bar is raised and it becomes increasingly more difficult to choose winners amongst so many quality entries. At the same time, there are more and more entries every time so please be patient before the winners are announced. https://media.giphy.com/media/3oriObp7C69gGVNqhO/giphy.gif This contest came about through conversations with fellow steemians @tarazkp and @son-of-satire. I'd like to thank them for giving me both inspiration for the contest and for their writings on the subject which I also greatly enjoyed. [A hole in the blockchain steemconnect please take the time it is important](https://steemit.com/steemit/@tarazkp/a-hole-in-the-blockchain-steemconnect-please-take-the-time-it-is-important) [Blockchained an original short story](https://steemit.com/fiction/@son-of-satire/6a9erk-blockchained-an-original-short-story-part-five) *** # Past Winners []() []() The Ultimate Psy-Op @rhondak [Postcards from Rio](https://steemit.com/psyop-contest/@rhondak/postcards-from-rio-v4vapid-s-conspiracy-writing-contest-3) []() Welcome to Antarctica - @jordan.lesich [Dance into the Devine](https://steemit.com/antarctica/@jordan.lesich/antarctica-writing-contest-dance-into-the-divine) []() What Happened to Malaysia Flight 370? - @pulpworx [Flight of the Wrong Chords](https://steemit.com/flight370/@pulpworx/flight-of-the-wrong-chords-a-short-story-challenge-about-missing-flight-mh370-1000-words) []() []() *** https://media.giphy.com/media/57ZfmIxQiTdja/giphy.gif https://media.giphy.com/media/TcYchCAcs5OcU/giphy.gif *** images: [ticketea.com](https://www.ticketea.com/entradas-blockchain-del-bitcoin-a-las-aplicaciones-en-las-empresas/) - [the event chronicle](http://www.theeventchronicle.com/finanace/predictive-programming-economist-30-years-ago-get-ready-world-currency-2018/) - [dcnewsman.blogspot.com](https://dcnewsman.blogspot.com/2014/08/1988-economist-cover-get-ready-for.html) - [giphy.com](https://giphy.com/) []() *** []() ![V4V-Layer-0-power-heal-placebo_feature-Plain-BG.gif](https://steemitimages.com/DQmWwr3zjejGFRMkJRh6JsxRsXJ5NLANhBeiABCuk8B6Jc8/V4V-Layer-0-power-heal-placebo_feature-Plain-BG.gif) ![Vapid-Bleed-NEW-IMPACT2.gif](https://steemitimages.com/DQmZX9QXPPt3gVjpC49HCChY5kyyi2DjAjFQYfqMR59suwP/Vapid-Bleed-NEW-IMPACT2.gif)