At the start of this year, I had this pretty grim feeling that maybe this year was our final chance of making it.
Maybe I was just tired from years of Crypto being paraded around as this place for criminals and drug dealers, money launderers, and stupid people.
Mentally drained from seeing projects I loved sued by government agencies, watching as bank accounts got closed, and mortgage brokers told me not to bother even trying to use money that has ever touched Crypto.
Exhausted from watching politicians gaslight us all into thinking this space is so risky that we must be protected from ourselves.
Weary from watching as every reaction to new tech became "how do we ban this" instead of "wow, cool, how do we maximise the potential here."
Recently, though, I've seen a ray of light. The past few weeks, something in the air has changed. I can see it in everyone around me.
People are positive again. Crazy ideas are being discussed. Dreams and wild ambitions are being shared in public. A collective hope that maybe tomorrow can be better than today.
Even my European friends are getting riled up, pushing back against their governments for years of de-growth and failed policy.
The fear is leaving. Speech is widening. There is hope.
And I feel it too. Deep within me.
I've become more convinced than ever that the future is filled with abundance.
Crypto is going to change the world. Everyone will one day move on chain. Rent-seeking, extractive, monopolistic incumbent financial players will be disrupted. Finance will become equitable.
Money will truly be able to move around the globe at the speed of light. Uncensorable and unstoppable.
The power will be stripped from governments who use financial rails as a hidden weapon against industries that go against the interests of their lobbyists.
AI will change everything. You give the power of the most creative, most abundant resource on earth to every human being on the planet and allow anyone, anywhere to flourish.
Disease will be cured. I'll probably get an extra 10 years with my parents. Wars will move from human vs. human to drone on drone. We will look back at this time as the dark ages of modern humanity. Life before the new stuff.
The future is meritocratic. No longer will you be held back by where you're from, how much money your parents had, or what colour your passport is.
And with all this change, we will all get many more shots to make it.
This is not your last chance. It's just one chance of many more to come.
We might all just make it after all.
