Bitcoin, Ethereum, and early crypto emerged from a philosophical vision of decentralisation and individual sovereignty, reducing unnecessary and powerful intermediaries.

As it stands, intermediaries are as powerful as ever.

Instead of holding native crypto, people buy the ETFs. Who's profiting? -> The intermediaries

Wealth Management by profession • Crypto and DeFi by passion • Generative AI art connoisseur • Humor is desired

Intermediaries are everywhere.

Publish a transaction? MEV protected RPC.
Switch from one blockchain to another? Multisig bridge.
Trade on-chain? RFQ or off-chain matching.
Signing a transaction? ZK prover with Passkey or Oauth.
Etc.