I get why so many people are jaded by crypto
Iโve been here since 2017 back when
> bittrex was around
> privacy coins were all the rage
> and when people were excited for the next bitcoin fork
we lived through defi summer led by
@uniswap, we saw mark cuban call for the decentralization of finance, just to get rugged immediately after and beg for regulation as a result
all of this of course preceding the legendary NFT bull run that really brought the masses in
that starry eyed optimism for crypto as a world changing technology that most of us had back then feels gone
but i think itโs been replaced with something even better
for many people it turned into pessimism
for myself and many others it turned into realism
realistically speaking, blockchain and crypto has never had more of an impact on peopleโs lives than right now
> stablecoins as a hedge against countries w/ massive inflation
> the democratization of access to region restricted assets (US stocks for example)
> a realization from every major company and government in the world that if they donโt adopt blockchain, theyโll be left behind
the 20 year old me back in 2017 wouldโve heard the above and laughed at how impossible all of it sounds
the 29 year old me now makes me proud to be in an industry that is having such an incredible impact globally
so while itโs easy to feel discouraged bc of prices, a โlack of innovationโ from projects, or insert complaint here - I have one request for you
be the change you want to see
in just the past 4 weeks thereโs been more excitement on the timeline than there has been for a long time bc of great builders
Iโm no dev, but Iโd say im an OK consumer + disperser of information (aka content creator) and as a result Iโm consuming and dispersing like a mfer on this timeline rn
If youโre a builder, build
If youโre a creator, create
If youโre a consumer, consume
youโll never know what impact you wouldโve had if you never gave it your all to begin with
but one thing is for sure
thereโs no room for pessimists in a future that will realistically run on blockchains
itโs ok to believe in something ๐