You can't serve two masters, you will either love one and hate the other. We see this proverb throughout the Bible, but it holds strong meaning in the crypto industry. Freedom and Quick Wealth are two forces that cannot be reconciled, each demanding different allegiances.
The main reason crypto was invented was to bring freedom, but gradually crypto users were drawn by the blinding lights of higher profits and the celebration of wealth and fortunes realized with less effort. Crypto was never meant to be a get-rich-quick medium but to give freedom.
Freedom is the first and original master of crypto. It's built on sovereignty, censorship resistance, ultimate decentralization, and cannot be confiscated. Freedom requires personal responsibility which makes you your own bank, and demands that you learn the basics of Blockchain and security, and be ready to keep your assets yourself.
The instrument of freedom is the non-custodial wallet (hardware or software), which you created or set up by yourself, and the transactions you signed with your own hand. The path of freedom is the ability to do it yourself without needing a third party. It is in doing this that you gain financial freedom that no one can take away from you. Neither the government, bank, or institution can take this freedom away from you. This is what freedom means in crypto.
Contrariwise, we have another master in crypto that has become too loud and taken many people into captivity. Quick Wealth is this second master, fueled by speculation, the greed of higher profits in Fiat with little or no effort, ease without lifting a finger or at no cost. This is a deceptive master with seductive power. It tells you you can be rich or wealthy without any hassle of security and any other technicality.
This master tells you, you can be rich by just investing in Bitcoin on centralized platforms. Fund your account, buy crypto, and wait for a pump, that's all it takes for you to be rich. The instruments of Quick Wealth are centralized crypto exchanges, their centralized finance products, and the almighty ETFs. In your dealing with this master you give up control in exchange for quick Wealth.
Your crypto becomes a database entry in a third party domain. You can only see the numbers but you don't have a right to it. Because you have chosen to serve Quick Wealth as your master, you lose your right of control, giving them the right to freeze, seize, and lend out your crypto without your permission. And worst of all, you get nothing if they decide to close down due to platform bankruptcy.
Anyone who chooses centralized crypto platforms is not a user of the Blockchain, instead you are simply an unsecured creditor of a financial company.
The consequences of this choice are already manifesting in the crypto space. We are witnessing a mass migration towards centralized solutions, where people willingly surrender their crypto sovereignty for the promise of convenience and quick profits. This shift represents a fundamental departure from the original vision of cryptocurrency.
Consider the irony, people entered crypto seeking freedom from traditional financial systems, yet they are recreating the same centralized structures they sought to escape. They are building new cages while calling it liberation.
Those who serve Freedom understand that wealth without sovereignty is merely golden handcuffs. They recognize that true financial independence requires effort, learning, and personal responsibility. These individuals don't just own cryptocurrency; they embody its core principles.
Time will reveal the wisdom of choosing Freedom over Quick Wealth. As centralized platforms continue to face challenges, restrictions, and failures, those who maintained their sovereignty will stand apart. They'll have more than just profits, they'll have true financial independence.
It will always be your choice, but just remember: the master you serve determines not only your crypto experience, but the future of finance. Will you choose the hard route of Freedom, or instead, fall into the lures of Quick Wealth? Your actions and not your words will show your true commitment.
Which of the two masters are you serving? Well, I won't say more than this - it is a fact that a higher majority today has made the second master their lord. But the true spirit of cryptocurrency lives on in those who choose Freedom, who understand that real wealth comes not just from profits, but from the power to truly control your financial destiny.