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Crypto as Culture, Crypto as Tech – Variant

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Eventually crypto will feel invisible—just the underlying technology powering products and services we use every day. You’re already seeing this a bit with stablecoins powering fintech apps and wallet-as-a-service providers abstracting crypto. It will be how things work. But today, crypto is not just underlying plumbing. For lots of people building here, crypto is also why they are here. There’s a myriad of reasons “why,” and many different cultures within crypto: the libertarian strand cares most about economic freedom; the cooperative strands cares most about equity; the cypherpunks care about censorship; the technologists care about permissionlessness; the memers care most about the lulz/profit/sticking it to the man; and the amateur airdrop farmers care about getting a piece of the action. These cultures of “why” are the dominating force driving the space forward today. A perennial question to keep in mind is where we are in this evolution from crypto as the “why” to crypto as the

Crypto as Culture, Crypto as Tech – Variant Crypto as Culture, Crypto as Tech 'Why' vs. 'How' June 20, 2024 by Jesse Walden --> This post first appeared on Warpcast. Eventually crypto will feel invisible—just the underlying technology powering products and services we use every day. You’re already seeing this a bit with stablecoins powering fintech apps and wallet-as-a-service providers abstracting crypto. It will be how things work. But today, crypto is not just underlying plumbing. For lots of people building here, crypto is also why they are here. There’s a myriad of reasons “why,” an

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