Sometimes the scale of time needed to measure the adoption of a new technology, or mindset, is a lifetime or more. 15 years is nothing. It's a millisecond or less when you zoom out.

Bitcoin and web 3.0 pose a question. "What can we do with the decentralized, value-enabled web?"

The Urbit network was launched in 2013. The first user version (called OS1) was launched in April 2020. I believe the surges of recent interest in Bitcoin and Nostr will lead people to uncover existing technologies that could potentially aid in the development of Nostr or Nostr-related applications.

Personally I think BankX (XSD) is a noteworthy launch on Ethereum this year, allowing individuals to bear interest by minting their own crypto-backed stablecoins.

The emotional relationship between people and money is volatile. Until people focus on foundational changes in finance and governance, Bitcoin will remain a highly volatile asset. As long as it remains a volatile asset, there will constantly be attempts to distract and deter for the sake of profits.

The plot is whatever developers are doing right now. 😄

Several projects point to Web of Trust being a necessary development on Nostr. You can find out more at:

https://pgf.tech/

and

https://bankx.io/

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PGF.tech is a nice website. Thankx

I am asking the same question as well. "What are Bitcoin and Web3 for? "

Sometimes I think the most valuable utility of Bitcoin is confronting traditional fiat systems. It was always a social experiment at best. In that regard, Bitcoin and fiat are the same. I think the pressing question is- how long will society rely on money? When will money only serve us in terms of recreation? That's when cryptocurrency will become fun again, imo.

Bitcoin is not a mere social experiment. Satoshi knew what he was doing when he created the Bitcoin protocol. A source of truth backed by energy. It is the great aligner.

And there will always be a need for money.