Thanks all for the further advice. As always I will take it on board and form my own opinion.
For those Gen Xs who are interested in Bitcoin and Ethereum, I would encourage you to overcome your fears and get involved.
These links briefly explain each.
This site gives you a list of places you can safely buy digital currency.
http://bitcoin.dlyons.net/index.php
Digital money, smart contracts and a decentralised world computer system will be a huge part of our lives in the near future.
DCC is currently the only ASX listed stock that uses the blockchain technology that underpins digital currency.
They also sell bitcoins to large investors and have just rolled out their Airpocket digital money transfer App.
Despite my passion for these new technologies, I firmly believe there is still no substitute for gold and silver, both of which I expect to perform strongly in the coming years, much to the surprise of central bankers
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