RE: Are you a crypto fan or fanatic?
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While being swept up the current of that insane rally of 2017/8, the Steemit phenomena, and the HardFork Series project I probably would have been categorized as a crypto fanatic. Maybe evangelist would be a better word for what I was. I thought blockchain was poised to change the world overnight and I tried to recruit as many people around me as I could so they wouldn't miss out. I regret that. Why? Because I learned few people have the discipline to hold during downturns and sell during bull markets. People sometimes make horrible decisions and take insane risks.
As the market ebbed, flowed, and ebbed again and all the hacks and rug pulls happened I realized I was more of a fan. The potential of blockchain and crypto is still very much here and it will change the world eventually (it already is, really) IF greed, deceit, unfair regs, and FUD don't thwart it to the point that no one trusts it. A good, long bear market might be what the space needs so those among us with sociopathic tendencies might move on to the next bright and shiny thing and leave crypto alone to grow, evolve and develop naturally.
I'll always be extremely grateful for all of the positive things and people crypto/blockchain have brought into my life but I have a more balanced view of it now.
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I think I am slowly getting to that point too. People talk about how things move so quickly in the Internet age and the crypto space, but really we are still talking about close to a decade. Might as well just sit back and deal with it as much as you can.