Unless and until we recapture the transcendent dimension of crypto — the deeply political, ideological, and spiritual beliefs that offered a unified vision for a better future — we will never escape stagnation.

This is why crypto felt alive in 2017 and 2020. It wasn’t just price, it was mission. We’ve traded ideals for metrics

Yes ! this why nationalism is so toxic for the crypto space.

Crypto doesn’t need better tech. Well it does sure, but it also needs better lore. 
$Toby has lore. 
Coinbase is the gateway. 
Base is the new world.

I absolutely agree. ‘tech’ alone isn’t enough. It was never about code, coins, or even decentralization.

To me it was a spiritual rebellion against corrupted systems, a global uprising powered by code AND conviction. 

Today’s dominant narratives miss the soul of the movement. Bitcoin, Ethereum, Nostr, Zora, $TOBY these weren’t just protocols. These are manifestos. Crypto was always a belief system and needs to operate like one.