The Cryptocurrency Community in a Nutshell

I’ve been part of the cryptocurrency community for a while, and noticed that it has all kinds of people involved now:

• Day traders looking to make a quick buck

• Long-time investors with good advice who everyone ignores

• Scammers in the most blatant kind of way (sometimes related to #1)

• New people asking why the market goes up and down sometimes

• Crypto-miners from Asia/Europe showing off their $25k/month electric bill

• Uber-nerds and academic types who actually read through the whole abstract/whitepaper (yes, every coin has one)

• Crypto developers who now mistakenly believe they can predict the future

• To the moon! / Oh I’m sad now

• Libertarians, anarchists, and conspiracy theorists who believe that cryptocurrency will somehow destroy all banks and governments even though the blockchain is mainly used for tracking things

• Curious moms

• Dads who were once curious but crypto became their trigger for their mid-life crisis

• I didn’t read the terms of service but I’m mad because you shut down my account!

• Fans of Warren Buffett who did not heed his advice of not investing in things you don’t understand

• People who claim they want to buy “Lambos” with all of their (potential) new money. Are they serious? You can never tell.

• Old timers from the Bitcoin days back when the only way to get a coin was to mine it yourself, kids these days have it so easy (usually in their late-20s)

• Kids who got rich from putting in their allowance into this computer thing that looked pretty cool (they have it so easy, don’t they)

• HODL priests and preachers (God Bless)

All and all, I have no idea what’s going on at any given time but it’s a pretty festive place to say the least. I’ve learned a lot about how money works, either way, which has been very educational. (If you have any more ideas, let me know! I'll make some updates -- I think the diversity of the community is what really speaks to crypto's strengths.)