There is a lot to say about what people think. Living through this current epoch is like watching the collapse of human morality, in real-time. People with good ideas are rarely rewarded. The nicest people are stepped-on, beaten, stolen from, and neglected when they need support and help the most.

Blockchain technology made promises. Promises that many of us continue to believe in to this day. It's rare that anything outside the physical realm engages people's collective consciousness as much as blockchain has. Bitcoin was only the first to gain mainstream recognition and adoption - but it wasn't the last, and certainly isn't the most useful, if we're talking purely from a utility perspective.

I did not join this industry, searching for opportunities, because I was looking to make billions. I discovered what i discovered, because I was looking for solutions. Now, maybe this is rare. Maybe this is uncommon, but, I wasn't driven by greed. Suddenly I was in a moral minority, totally unintentionally. I never thought about money as something I could take from other people.

Here we are, May 3rd, 2025, and theft is common. It's especially common when there is desperation permeating everything. You see it in the behavior of big money interests. They demand a certain minimum APR for their big bucks, and they're right to demand it - after all, they have the money.

Builders are not respected, overall. Their technical skills are often (still) undervalued, underappreciated, and misused. The lack of consumer applications from the blockchain industry is STUNNINGLY TONEDEAF. How do you think people are going to be convinced to use new technology? Humans don't change their behavior unless they, individually, want to.

Twenty years ago, the thought of contact-less payments sounded like science fiction. Now, it's the standard - almost everywhere in the US.

Tap and Pay! Oh, do you have "a chip?"

Isn't it weird? Something that seemed alien two decades ago is now a financial industry hardware central component. You all know the story: the Bitcoin whitepaper was released on Halloween in 2008. Keep in mind how long ago that was now. That was nearly 17 years ago. BTC is "valued" at ~$96,220 at the time of this writing.

Mind you, I drew those lines a few weeks ago, and BTC's price continues to play out with the trend.
It's speculation - not for everyone, but everyone is able to participate in the gambling.

Maybe that's the whole point of BTC?

To prove that anyone

Regardless of what fiat currency they use,

Whatever religion they believe in, or

Who they claim to be,

Can engage in degeneracy?

Happy Saturday :D

There is a lot to say about what people think. Living through this current epoch is like watching the collapse of human morality, in real-time. People with good ideas are rarely rewarded. The nicest people are stepped-on, beaten, stolen from, and neglected when they need support and help the most.

Blockchain technology made promises. Promises that many of us continue to believe in to this day. It's rare that anything outside the physical realm engages people's collective consciousness as much as blockchain has. Bitcoin was only the first to gain mainstream recognition and adoption - but it wasn't the last, and certainly isn't the most useful, if we're talking purely from a utility perspective.

I did not join this industry, searching for opportunities, because I was looking to make billions. I discovered what i discovered, because I was looking for solutions. Now, maybe this is rare. Maybe this is uncommon, but, I wasn't driven by greed. Suddenly I was in a moral minority, totally unintentionally. I never thought about money as something I could take from other people.

Here we are, May 3rd, 2025, and theft is common. It's especially common when there is desperation permeating everything. You see it in the behavior of big money interests. They demand a certain minimum APR for their big bucks, and they're right to demand it - after all, they have the money.

Builders are not respected, overall. Their technical skills are often (still) undervalued, underappreciated, and misused. The lack of consumer applications from the blockchain industry is STUNNINGLY TONEDEAF. How do you think people are going to be convinced to use new technology? Humans don't change their behavior unless they, individually, want to.

Twenty years ago, the thought of contact-less payments sounded like science fiction. Now, it's the standard - almost everywhere in the US.

Tap and Pay! Oh, do you have "a chip?"

Isn't it weird? Something that seemed alien two decades ago is now a financial industry hardware central component. You all know the story: the Bitcoin whitepaper was released on Halloween in 2008. Keep in mind how long ago that was now. That was nearly 17 years ago. BTC is "valued" at ~$96,220 at the time of this writing.

Mind you, I drew those lines a few weeks ago, and BTC's price continues to play out with the trend.
It's speculation - not for everyone, but everyone is able to participate in the gambling.

Maybe that's the whole point of BTC?

To prove that anyone

Regardless of what fiat currency they use,

Whatever religion they believe in, or

Who they claim to be,

Can engage in degeneracy?

Happy Saturday :D