The value of cryptocurrency is on the rise. For example, Bitcoin recently topped $100,000 for the first time and remains there as of posting this article. (Click here for the current value) The rise is largely due in part to the upcoming incoming administration seeming to have positive views on cryptocurrency. According to Forbes there are predictions that the new administration will create a bitcoin reserve in 2025. Bitcoin was under $70,000 prior to the election.

Future Wonder has been an early adopter of cryptocurrency and we even accept payments in the stablecoins USDP (Pax Dollar) and USDT (Tether). We also offer blockchain services which can help your business with any cryptocurrency needs.

It has been 25 years since the biggest computer bug happened. Or was supposed to happen. The concern related to how computers handled dates, specifically, years. Some machines only used the last two numbers of the year, such as "62" for 1962. So, when the clock changed to the year 2000, how would some computers handle the date change? Would the computer think it was 1900 and what cascading effects would take place from there?

Could the power grid fail? Could national security systems fail? How long would it take to recover?

Thankfully, our worst fears were not realized, not even close to them. While there were a few minor glitches, nothing major was noted. This was in part due to major mitigation efforts by large numbers of IT professionals who tested for the event and created system patches to prepare for it.

Today, Y2K stands as an example of how preparedness and cooperation can help avoid already foreseen issues.

All of us at Future Wonder would like to wish you and yours happy holidays and a happy new year as well! We hope 2024 has been good to you and we are sending best wishes for a great 2025.

Future Wonder's home college team, the Indiana Hoosiers, are heading to the College Football Playoffs! It has been an amazing season in which they were originally picked to finish next to last in the Big Ten Conference, but instead are one of four teams from that conference to receive a bid to the newly expanded playoffs. They'll play Notre Dame Friday, December 20th in South Bend.

The Hoosiers have an 11-1 record with their only loss being on the road at then ranked #2 Ohio State. On average they have blown out all of the teams they beat by 33 points! They actually ended up tying Penn State's record in the conference, but Penn State got the bid to the conference championship on the 2nd tie-breaker.

As of this post, Indiana is a 7.5 point underdog to the Irish. A win in South Bend would earn the Hoosiers a trip to The Sugar Bowl where they would face The University of Georgia, who is the SEC Champion. That game would be a quarterfinal game for the playoff.

Never Daunted!

No, really, we had to look it up. RTO is short for "Return To Office". Many organizations are seeing a push for employees to return to the office in 2025 and we can't help but ask; "why?". Future Wonder is proud of our "work from wherever you are" culture which we embraced from our launch in May 2016. If you have an internet connection and a computer you can be a productive member of our team. Not only is your location for work flexible, but so are the hours.

Be sure to look for new opportunities with Future Wonder coming on our jobs page in the near future.

Have you checked out Bluesky yet? Nearly 25 million users are now on BlueSky and the growth is accelerating. We joined earlier this year and you can find us by our user name "futurewonder.bsky.social".

We plan on using BlueSky for our latest updates about event, jobs, and new products. We'll also have a lot of entertainment there too! We hope to see you there as we explore this new way to connect with you.