But actually I have another reason beyond business adoption that I am optimistic.

I have recently travelled quite a bit, and for the first time met bitcoin communities in person. This is a very new thing for me, they simply didn't exist during most of the time I've been in bitcoin. And the wonderful thing is, they are into bitcoin not to get rich, not because they get the tech.. ..they are into it because they have found out in their lives that the governments are not to be trusted, and that they need a way to resist them an build a future for themselves.

Most of them discovered this during covid, and when they looked around - in genuine desperation - to find something to give them hope, they found bitcoin.

I thought when I met actual bitcoiners most of the talk would be about the tech, or closely related, or the price maybe or adoption.. ..but it's mainly about the fact that something is rotten in the western mainstream, and they don't trust their kids to be part of it, and they want to build a new world based on freedom and respect.

Many of these people had taken significant risks to choose their paths - including selling all fiat property, moving to places like el salvador. They are doing it because they are completely committed to freedom.

And the wonderful thing is, they all know now they're not alone. I'm not alone. We are a global family and we are rising up..

So yeah, I am optimistic 😆