1/ Sometimes, especially after a shitty day, I zoom, sit back, and marvel. 

We created a new financial system that allows us to opt out. Built by dreamers, misfits, by the inner child in every one of us that said fuck no, that didn’t wanna put on a suit, ask for permission, to a bank, to the system, to grey

DeFi farmer extraordinaire. NFT turbodegen.

3/ she turned around and said “wow, this is amazing” with genuine wonder. And through the last trip to the Otherside, excited, she asked me: “did you really do this?” 

And yes. Yes I did. Yes we are. We are creating these incredible, diverse, new worlds and experiences and testing the boundaries of our

4/ imagination and of this transfomative technology. And yet again, I wonder.

A system that allows the unbanked and untethered a chance, a somewhat levelled playing field. A system that allows for decentralized hotspots to pop up on bars and cafes and people’s homes

5/ bringing cheap, uncensored access to the basic human right that is the Internet, yet again, I marvel. 

And when I try to explain to my friend that one of the most important battles of our generation will come from the discovery of truly private, permissionless LLM machines stemming from a memecoin from

6/ 2016 I can see their brains melt and I can’t help but smile, sit back, and marvel. 

So through the fomo and the daily grind and the bickering and the stupid echo chamber of social media, take a minute to salute your inner child, take the compliments

7/ and the marvel and the pat on the shoulder. Hug him. Look around. 

And for a moment, just allow yourself to marvel.

2/ burocrates and their bloated, decaying systems. Modern day peterpans riding the crocodile and the dangerous waves it move. Tok tok tik tok. 

Permissionless, motherfuckers.
And I marvel.

My lil cousin was playing Illuvium a couple of days ago, and as she was gliding through these infinite beautiful valleys