daaang dude, this is an excellent intro.

and HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

re: quitting Facebook... have you ever been on Minds.com? it's no Steemit, but a FB alternative that's been gaining some attention lately.

as diving deeper into blockchain, I'd recommend checking out Don & Alex Tapscott's book, "Blockchain Revolution" - excellent stuff. love how well they survey the landscape and clearly articulate all the ways this tech is primed to change things - and actually rather cool how it's not from an anarchist anti-system perspective, but more professional in how it's going to upgrade "the matrix" to higher functionality - so as to preserve the best of what the system has to offer, while doing away with alot of the corruption. check it out.

welcome to the party, and hope you enjoy the ride... ;-)