We live in a world where people see no risk in putting money into Apple stock or market indices, yet feel it’s risky to save in Bitcoin—an open, decentralized, global, and permissionless protocol. It’s ironic that people consider risk-on assets as “safe” while treating a risk-off asset like Bitcoin as speculative. It’s an upside-down view of risk. Without a fundamental understanding, it’s hard to break free from this mindset. But the distortion between perception and reality will become more obvious over time.