some thoughts: 
- if we don't have consumers, what's the point of current apps?
- if we aren't able to onboard our friends, why do we think millions will come?
- if we speculate on ourselves, how do we think we'll make crypto be seen as a non-pure speculation market?

pardon the intrusion on your shower. i say we do have consumers and all the numbers grow, it takes time but as they learn, they join

on your last point, i agree most outsiders know "cryptocurrency" as some form of online gambling and nothing more. to them i say; delete c̶u̶r̶r̶e̶n̶c̶y̶, it's crypto, which is much more: a consensus network that supports finance, art, governance, smart contracts, social networks etc - all peer to peer and separate from traditional banks and nations - faster, cheaper, internet-native, emerging new tech.

if that doesn't get a deeper conversation started, i guess you can't force-educate someone, so they will either fomo late, or ignore until they join by default after crypto eats the world

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artists, developers, businesses, charities, investors, traders, gamers, institutions, government, basic users, every niche touched by crypto has its own addressable market

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