The train hasn't left! (stop lamenting)

The train hasn’t left! (stop lamenting)

When Satoshi Nakamoto proposed Bitcoin, many people laughed at the idea. Throughout the crypto world, there are countless first-hand stories about people underestimating the potential of the concept we now take for granted. Some even mocked the possibility that “magical internet money” would ever amount to anything. Today, we know they were wrong.

There were also people who believed in that ideal early on. People who were rewarded for adopting and investing early. These people inspire admiration or envy in many, as they took risks and won, while those who didn’t take Satoshi’s proposal seriously gained no wealth at all.

Even today, many people still think in terms of “missing the train.” But perhaps these people misunderstand what the real train is and when it actually departs.

Didn’t get rich over all these years? Stop getting depressed and beating yourself up. Constantly blaming yourself for what you didn’t do distracts you from “buying the ticket” and getting on board. First of all, getting rich is only a potential part of the journey. Second, the train keeps coming, and it will keep coming, taking people into the future.

That train that many believe they’ve missed is a process of change, evolution, and growth so long that it couldn’t possibly have been missed during the first 10 years of cryptocurrencies’ existence. Remember that the track it takes us on is the discovery and global adoption of peer-to-peer electronic cash.

If you keep complaining that the train has already left, or even cultivate hatred toward the early adopters, you’re wasting the time you could be using to learn about the real goal of this paradigm shift. You could also be investing resources into acquiring the necessary tools to get wealthy or start accumulating cryptos that could have a bright future in this process.

Don’t be lazy. There are no magic solutions. Do what the early adopters did and you’ll probably see similar results. You might even become one of them. It’s 2021 and Bitcoin was born in 2009. Put it in perspective: do you really think all the trains have already left? In such a short time? If so, maybe you haven’t understood something fundamental: the transformative power of electronic cash aims to change the entire world, and we’re only at the beginning of this journey.

Maybe you’re distracted, but the train hasn’t left.