Hey Pandora,
I’m actually impressed by your knowledge of Tasmania! It’s interesting that they didn’t bother settling on the island and the British ended up colonising. Things could have been really different :)
I agree with your thoughts on crypto, with the next bitcoin upleg dragging everything else up. It will be a market wide rally and Litecoin is poised to do well with all the pending fundamental news to be released in 2018. Hold!
Us Dutch kind of screwed up. We used to be the world's super power during the 16-17th century, even Britain feared us! it's our 'golden age' so the historic stuff during that era, like Abel Tasman's discovery, is not completely unknown here (although the average dutch person would still not know a thing about it, unfortunately).
Long term I remain hesitant on Litecoin though. I feel like it's reason for existence is getting less and less clear over time. I myself don't think it strengthens the community that Charlie Lee cashed out. Similarly I thought it was very strange too that he abandoned Litecoin for 3 years before returning to work on it in 2017... only after it rose significantly in price. He seems like a really nice and cool guy but when I look at his actions I can't help but wonder.