Cryptocurrencies like Steem are the future. Blockchain is the future. A disruptive paradigm shift is taking place, I can see it, and in fact this time I am a part of it and if you are reading this, you are too. Enough said, welcome to the future, happy you've made it this far! The time is now... Don't sit on the sidelines... Act!
I agree, and I can definitely relate, though I find I'd often see that something was the future and just not jump in. I remember bitcoin reaching parity with $1 USD. I remember being told about Ethereum when it was just a whitepaper and being a developer my immediate reaction was "Holy shit... this is the future. I'm already obsolete."
Yet I didn't buy any crypto until last year and most of my crypto has come from Steemit. I could have jumped in at any point, but kept kicking the can and thinking I could time the market and buy in cheaper whenever I would think about it, or would just be too weirded out about having to wire transfer money or paying high fees at local places to buy into it. In retrospect, they were all lame excuses.
The world moves fast, and its hard to keep up so I don't think dwelling on regrets is worth it. I don't think its important everyone keeps up on everything, or be on the bleeding edge for most things, but there will always be those critical shifts that everyone should try to be on the lookout for and and its good to force yourself to jump into those shifts with two feet as early as possible. Those will be the cases where you'll look back and realize you were making lame excuses and missing out for no good reason.
That said, this is still very much the early days of crypto and blockchain technology. Even though bitcoin is now approaching a decade old, we haven't seen anything yet.
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