When I saw the crypto light on 6/29/17, what I saw was that, for the first time in history, we had a toolset to solve for the community, instead of the man in the middle. Who generally solves for himself. And I thought that was going to be the biggest thing to happen in the history of humanity. And I’ve been crypto 24/7 ever since.
Five years later, and everyone’s talking about the importance of “community”. And, interestingly, community means something different to everyone. To me:
A community is an ecosystem where, when it works, everyone gets more out of it than they’re putting in
As I continued down the crypto rabbit hole, I became of the belief that the atomic level of community, is two people. Marriage is a community. And I realized that I had gotten married without a single conversation on governance and consensus!
As I look back, I think my 30 year marriage ended long after either of us felt that we were getting more out of it than we were putting in. If I had my community mindset earlier, I may have ended the marriage earlier. My ex actually ended it.
And I look at all business relationships as a community. So I always want to have easy outs. Because either party should be able to get out if they feel they’re not getting more out of it than they’re…
