The past few month have been all abuzz with excitement about cryptocurrencies and the blockchain. The price of Bitcoin took a rocket ride toward the stars, and stories were coming fast and furious about how the blockchain was going to tranform and revolutionize just about everything.\n\xa0Jonathan Katz is a professor of computer science at the University of Maryland and director of the Maryland cybersecurity center. As we\u2019ll hear in this CyberWire special edition, he\u2019s been following blockchain technology and cryptocurrency from its humble beginnings, and he\u2019s our guide to understanding how it all works.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices