The era of AI wars might just be kicking off. While we’ve barely scratched the surface of applied artificial intelligence, it’s clear that the race for AI supremacy is going to be anything but smooth.
Just a few days ago, DeepSeek was being hyped as a rival to OpenAI—operating with way less capital but supposedly matching its capabilities. However, according to recent news, DeepSeek’s computational power isn’t as modest as advertised.
Not long after the hype peaked, a malicious attack hit DeepSeek. Honestly, that’s not surprising. These fuckers will fight over anything, and my guess is the battle for AI dominance is going to be loud and dirty.
I’m not deeply involved with AI, but I’ve been into crypto since late 2017, and I vividly remember the optimism we shared back then. We talked endlessly about how crypto would change the world. Fast forward seven years, and not much has actually changed.
We’ve still got countless projects promising the moon, but the growth of these initiatives mostly runs on pure speculation. Aside from a handful of standouts like Hive, Ethereum, Solana, and transaction facilitators like Tron or Polygon, the crypto space looks remarkably similar to when I first got in.
And let’s not even start on memes—they’re about as useful as last cycle’s NFTs. You can’t even wipe your ass with them. But that doesn’t mean the technology is bad. I still believe in the utility of blockchain for RWAs, tokenization, and, fingers crossed, deeper integration with gaming.
When you compare where we started with where we are now, it’s like we’ve tamed a wolf—and everyone knows you can’t truly tame a wolf. Back then, we dreamed of disrupting systems and dismantling oligarchies. Now? We’re cheering institutions for adopting crypto and hoarding BTC.
We’ve lost the plot. Sure, there are bright spots—like people in Mexico using HIVE and HBD for payments and what’s happening in El Salvador—but beyond that, there’s little to show for crypto as a payment system.
It’s because the industry shifted focus. Instead of building a parallel system to challenge the corrupt one, we’ve prioritized compliance and cozying up to regulators. We’re basically all gamblers now.
To be fair, the stock market’s a casino too, but we started with bigger dreams. Now it’s just “number go up” and making nice with governments. Honestly, it’s a pathetic outcome.
When you step back and look at the world, the result is no surprise. We’ve become so passive that instead of stepping in to help when someone gets their ass kicked, we just pull out our phones and start recording. The systems we’ve built—money, governance—they’re just reflections of our own values and weaknesses.
There are exceptions, sure, but the majority is so dumb and obedient it’s painful.
Thanks for your attention,
Adrian
