Regardless of whether you are an altcoiner believer or a Bitcoin maximalist or a mix of the two, in my opinion, the future of the ecosystem as a whole depends on how well BITCOIN does in taking on the traditional economic powers in the future.
If what is coming in the near future is a lack of total freedoms, control of your personal finances by governments and central banks, programmed inflation based on the capricious wishes of some states, a covert prohibition of the right to private property in exchange for the conversion of all people into debt slaves, then, the only possible solution that frees us from these chains should be BITCOIN or anything else similar to.
With each halving, more and more people join the ecosystem, most of them entering due to the FOMO produced.
Unfortunately, after the fervor of the bullish cycle comes a bearish cycle, the one that cleans up all those projects whose base is faltering, potential scammers, malicious exchanges, bad actors, and Ponzi pyramids in general.
It is at this moment, unfortunately after causing a lot of pain, when the remaining adopters seek to understand more about the technology and the proposal, what is the problem and its solution... and that is when, indeed, many altcoiners become pro-bitcoiners and some, even, maximalists bitcoiners, which, in my humble opinion, let me tell you that it DOES NOT MEAN THEY ARE NECESARELLY "TOXIC".
The vast majority of them have realized what all this is about and understand that first, it is BITCOIN and then EVERYTHING ELSE (if they survive).
I do not regret many decisions made in the past, some of which have been really bad. Still, I do regret having entered the crypto world more than 6 years ago and having "caught" excessively ALTCOINER fever, or as many call it, "SHITCOINER" fever...but that was my "entry excuse" (LoL)...
After so much time, I think I recognize that the entry proposal for me was 90% speculative, I won't deny it, and 10% technological and fundamental, although, at that time, I believed that my convictions were more fundamental... I was wrong, obviously.
After my first "cycle of pain" (late 2018), my vision changed radically, I focused on BITCOIN and decentralization, although I can say that my mood continued to be a speculator regarding 50% of my intentions in the ecosystem.
With time and the lessons learned, I prioritize ABOVE ALL accumulating BITCOIN, either buying through FIAT, or returning my profits from speculative investment to the market so that I can obtain MORE BITCOIN...
My BITCOINER fever is such that I value each of the sats I get as if we were talking about gold nuggets.
I don't care where they come from, although I prioritize those that come from the most anonymous sources possible.
Oh God, I remember how I "played" with all those BTC faucets available 6 years ago... I don't think I have accumulated a single sat of those that I obtained at that time...
Now, I tell you that every SAT COUNTS for me. I don't waste a single one and many times I spend my free time on the screen discovering and trying new methods to get more SATS.
Among them, I experiment with mining, I "play" futures with my monopoly money (TETHER), I publish in various pro-bitcoin media, I read many articles on the subject that reward you with good LIGHTNING SATS once you finish reading and educating yourself and, also, I look for semi-passive games with which to obtain them. Obviously, I also participate in the ecosystem by using/spending some of them in the Value4Value apps and sites that exist today as well.
And so, happens that, with time, dear friends, you realize that the unit of value of the future will not be BITCOIN... I have the feeling, and I would say, a conviction too, that people's wealth will not be evaluated by number of BITCOINS that you have but rather by the number of SATS very, very soon.
Bitcoin supply is capped at 21 million. Divide that among 8 billion people, which is what global population is projected to reach later this year. Owning just one whole Bitcoin and holding it for the long haul could end up generating not only life-changing wealth but generational wealth.
The following chart amazes me.
Historical adoption trends for a number of previous disruptive technologies, including the automobile, radio, internet, smartphone and more. Although the speed of adoption in these cases differed, one thing was certain: Once adoption hit 10% of the population, growth became “parabolic” as penetration shifted from the “early adopters” to “early majority,” and finally to the “late majority.”
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2030 seems to be the "TAKE-OFF" for a "parabolic adoption", exactly after BTC reaches de 10% of the world population adoption. This is taking into account the before mentioned "Historical Adoption Trends", however, there is one but...
As you can see above, Bitcoin had the same adoption curve as the internet in 1997.
However, the speed of adoption for Bitcoin is faster, and the number of new addresses joining Bitcoin shows no signs of slowing down.
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So, yes we are still in the "Early age", however, this "age" may be shorter than expected...
@toofasteddie