Blockchain technology is only scratching the surface of its potential. Despite the meteoric rise and brutal crashes of Bitcoin and Ethereum, crypto remains early. Real adoption metrics — wallet addresses, Layer 2 scaling, onchain gaming, and decentralized finance (DeFi) — suggest we're in the "internet in 1998" phase. Skeptics point to price volatility, but visionaries look at the building blocks: fast payments, borderless finance, tokenized ownership, programmable money. In 10 years, crypto ...