Beyond cases like El Salvador, which adopted Bitcoin as legal tender some time ago, we can see that the phenomenon of cryptocurrencies is creating another completely new phenomenon: the formation of a crypto nation.
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The crypto nation, all of us who use crypto are citizens of it.
At least, that's the way I see it; and this nation is not physical, nor is it possible to say: "This is such and such a country", nor "this is the physical border of this country" as we normally do with countries geographically, but what I do think is that it is like the nations. The crypto nation is made up of people from all over the world, of any country, gender, race or religion, who use cryptocurrencies as a means of payment.
The crypto nation is made up of individuals who have another philosophy of life, and another way of seeing and understanding money, the world and the economy. We are not tied to schedules or restrictions; We understand that money does not have to be physical; we also understand that cryptocurrencies allow us to achieve the great feat of keep the governments' hands out of our pockets.
Cryptocurrencies show us that we have freedom, and allow us to make use of that freedom. Freedom to do with our money what we want, whenever we want; without intermediaries that only suck the blood (like governments) with taxes and nonsense, and without delays.
Do you want a proof of what I'm saying?
Is it possible for someone with 1 million dollars to transfer or convert it in a matter of minutes or send it to anyone else anywhere in the world without a bank telling you that it cannot be done so quickly because there are paperwork, limits and rates?
No, right? but with Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies I could, as long as I have funds available in my Wallets, send any amount of payment anywhere in the world, in a matter of minutes or seconds, without limits, without paperwork or bureaucratic obstacles, without delays and without taxes.
This is the future of the world, and it is precisely what world governments do not like (except for the case of El Salvador), that is, most world governments do not like the fact that people are finding ways and means of payment that allow them to transact without being able to find out or control them. Because by not having the slightest control over what the money people are transactioning and how they do, they, the governments, can't tax, they can't set rates and they can't reach into people's pockets; and that fundamentally doesn't fit in their head, because is a threat againts customs, againts status quo and againts all the known things.
Because, governments perceive Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies for what they are, the demonstration that they are losing power because people have gained knowledge and awareness of what money and means of payment are, and that is why they, the governments, perceive all the crypto as a threat .
As long as cryptocurrencies are not massively adopted, the world will not be crypto, there will only be a crypto nation
All of us who use and support Bitcoin, Ethereum, Hive or any other strong cryptocurrency on the market are citizens of the crypto nation.
Because it's not about if I'm American and you're Russian or if you use one crypto and I use another. What it is about here is that both you and I use cryptocurrencies, and we see them as a solution to a problem, we see them as the ideal means of payment that we can use calmly and control in a more efficient way, we see them as a means to achieve wealth. You can be from any country, and so can I, but if we are both here at HIVE, it is because we are members of the crypto nation, because we are both part of a group of individuals who believe in cryptocurrencies and use them.
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In this sense, there are, at this moment, two types of people in the World: Citizens of the Crypto Nation and Citizens of the Fiat World. Is as simple as that, and consciously or not, all people decide in which country they want to live.
When the whole world adopts cryptocurrencies, one day, then the whole world will be a crypto world, but until then, there is only one crypto nation, made up of millions of conscious individuals (including ourselves), who are helping to spread the word. knowledge and consciousness and making more and more citizens of the physical nations of the world join our symbolic nation, so that they also become citizens of our crypto nation.
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