Here are the explanations for The Economist 1988 magazine cover. See attached photo for key words.

FLEUR DE LIS = symbol signifying life, light, and perfection

PHOENIX BIRD = a long-lived bird that cyclically regenerates or is born again, obtains new life by arising from the ashes of its predecessor, born again out of the ashes.

CHAIN = blockchain technology worn on the neck

COIN = bitcoin / token

BIT = 1 and 0 are called bits in computer language

2018 = planned year of start for bitcoin blockchain technology. Things got delayed.

Refer to post #67

https://www.fleurdelis.com/fleur.htm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix_%28mythology%29

https://www.computerhope.com/jargon/b/bit.htm

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