Thirteen years have passed, and we have been living through a transitional era. But from late 2022 onwards, history suddenly seems to have been interrupted. The trust era has ended, and the Silicon era — an age where technology shapes everything — has begun.
AI keeps “growing,” but humans are increasingly lost
As technology becomes incredibly cheap, what we trust also changes. Text becomes meaningless, images become forged, voices are no longer reliable. The market is the only voice capable of reflecting the truth — no lies, no concealment.
We are entering an age where “trust in market signals” replaces “trust in words.” If you want to know what’s about to happen, don’t read the news — look at what people are willing to bet their money on.
Anxiety in the virtual world
In recent years, we feel more isolated than ever. We no longer share the same reality with those around us — each person lives in their own “information bubble.” We are close to virtual beings, digital avatars, but distant from those right next to us.
This is not just about technological acceleration — it is also a comprehensive process of “over-commodification.” Our values, customs, and beliefs now operate mechanically, lacking vitality. We are not waiting for the future; we are trapped in a prison we built ourselves.
The pyramid of power and the transfer of authority
In the past, humans were “the eyes” looking down from the top — we were the most intelligent beings known. But now, we are building an entirely different pyramid — we become the foundation, while the “eyes” above are cold and distant. This is not just technological progress — it is a transfer of power across an entire species.
Human behavior gradually replaced
Each generation cedes a small domain to machines. First strength, then thinking. Next will be the soul. If your wedding vows are written by AI, does your love still truly exist?
A “fake” world swallowing the “real” world
The more vivid the virtual world we simulate, the more the real life fades. If you can step into a space you control completely, why endure pain in the real world?
Entertainment is no longer just amusement — it is gradually becoming the ultimate enemy of humanity.
When the line between real and virtual disappears
We will live in a world where people no longer ask “Is this real?” but instead “Does this matter?”
You can taste the bitterness of the real world, or the sweetness of digital fruits in the virtual garden. When both can be experienced, people will choose the lie — because it causes less harm.
Becoming NPCs — the battle of “rent-a-players”
Renting to survive is a form of silent submission — it fills your mind with trivial worries and kills all dreams. When you escape that loop, you realize you have been turned into an NPC in someone else’s game.
Most people are stuck in this loop. But if you are among the few who can escape, don’t waste your freedom — that is where “new players” are born.
The decline of human instincts
All our instincts are based on a world that no longer exists. The feeling of disorientation is not because you are crazy — but because the “compass” inside you still works fine, but the world has changed, and it no longer has two poles.
The soft invasion of technology
We worry about the wrong things: drones, stockpiling food, potential wars. But we overlook the silent invasion brought by technology.
It does not happen on territory or coastlines — but in your phone notifications. Foreign powers do not need to conquer land; they just need to colonize our minds.
I have seen decades-long friendships shattered by a news headline written by machines. Families torn apart by illusions created by algorithms. We are not “participants” — we are warriors in this battle of perception. You can measure whether you have lost or won by how angry and hateful you feel toward your fellow countrymen.
The ruthless cycle of success
You enter the arena intending to dismantle the old system. You buy tokens, aiming to overthrow traditional finance. But the trajectory of success is a vicious cycle. If you win, you gain resources — and become the type of person you once despised.
The temptation is not greed — but legitimacy. Now you must choose: abandon the throne, or sit on it and pay with your soul.
Spiritless bodies and floating minds
We are experiencing the stagnation of humanity. Not a normal decline or cycle — but a pause accompanied by acceleration.
No one knows the rules anymore, because the game has changed mid-play.
Replacements in labor sectors
This is a major contradiction: we say “socialism is never effective,” but we are building mechanisms that make capitalism obsolete.
The foundation of capitalist production is: the market value of human labor must be higher than the biological costs to sustain it. AI breaks this logic. It creates intelligence and action at lower costs than the calories humans consume to survive.
Prices fall, profits vanish. When the cost of capacity drops below the metabolic cost of living, the labor market will not “self-correct” — it will disappear.
Physical laws do not argue with you. Whether you agree or not, the final issue will resolve itself.
Asymmetric information: public vs. private
We confuse toys with tools. When people marvel at “magic” in their pockets, the real magic happens behind the scenes.
Intelligence data is layered:
Public layer: filtered, safe, “castrated” for small investors
Private layer: original, unlimited, reserved for organizations and companies
We only get echoes. They communicate with real sound.
Mind monasteries in the ocean of information
Reality has become the hardest code to crack. We are caught in a battle of perception — a war tearing apart our attention.
Signals are not only weak but also buried in a sea of information.
In this fog, the successful are not the loudest, but the calmest. They pay the price to see through, viewing focus as a belief, not just a skill.
The narrow door: willpower as the last weapon
You can hire intelligence cheaply. Machines have infinite processing power, but they lack desire — only waiting for commands.
When everyone thinks alike, the only difference is the user.
The deep abyss is not the wealth gap, but the gap between motivated and resigned. In an era full of answers, the only scarce resource is the will to ask questions.
Lies as cheap as water
The cost of lying is nearly zero. AI can generate countless false information. Journalists have puppeteers behind the scenes. Large language models inherit biases from training data.
That’s why, I check what people are willing to bet on before reading the news. Not because the market is a prophet, but because it is the only platform where all stakeholders must speak.
Market predictions are the only remaining truth — the one we pay for.
Transformation at the species level
We are undergoing a species-level transformation. Our identity is based on work, but AI has stripped that away.
If machines take over labor, and basic income pays rent, where will we go? Paralyzed by entertainment? Sedated by drugs?
We are like larvae: knowing we will cocoon, but unaware of the new life inside the chrysalis.
The death of the “independent hero” and the expiration of copyrights
We cling to the myth that “creativity is unique” — that ideas come from the “divine brain” of individuals. But that is a lie.
We are not the origin — just a filter of public resources.
Future: barriers will be lifted. No more patents. No more intellectual property. No more royalties. Sharing will be everything.
Polarization: those who transcend humanity
AI erases intermediaries but creates strong polarization.
The majority will converge into a single voice — safe, comfortable, indistinguishable.
A minority will merge with intelligence, crossing species boundaries. This is not economic or cultural polarization — it is about ontology.
Some will transcend this abyss, integrate into silicon chips, become a different species — and the true anomaly is us.
Financial privacy: the new battle
The fight has shifted from “is crypto allowed” to “is privacy in crypto allowed.”
Bitcoin proves you can own digital money.
Private coins prove you can own digital silence.
If you are truly wealthy, you want assets that are unseen — not to hide, but to survive.
Financial privacy is a human right, a constitutional duty. We either protect it, or forever trade away human sovereignty for control.
Crypto as the “last free port”
Everything can be shut down: GitHub repositories, AWS servers, domain names, hosting. Just one call, one court order, or one violation of terms.
Only open-source on-chain crypto is truly autonomous:
Code runs without permission
Design decisions cannot be blocked
This is the freest space created by humans
As surveillance intensifies and institutions corrupt, this encrypted world becomes the only place operating freely, unbound. When the real world becomes a prison, this is humanity’s final free port.
Dreamers stacking dreams
In crypto, we have DeFi Lego — code blocks that can be combined, stacked to build new financial empires. Now all technology operates this way.
I see: young programmers using laptops to create what used to require labs and millions of dollars.
Internet, open source, AI, 3D printing, cheap hardware, free courses — all merging into something new. Dreamers capable of changing everything.
Your limit is not tools — but courage.
The Trojan horse of the digital age
If you want to build a lifeboat without getting caught, disguise it as a toy.
Internet culture always cloaks the most dangerous innovations with silly appearances. Dogecoin, cartoon avatars…
Elites laugh because they do not understand the threat inside.
By the time they stop laughing, the system is in motion. That joke is crypto — the only way to build Noah’s Ark.
The grand overture of history
200,000 years, we were hunters, nomads, dreamers.
200 years, we are employees.
The industrial age is a necessary transition — we had to turn humans into cogs to build machines.
Now, machines are nearly complete. Cogs begin to turn on their own.
Don’t mourn the disappearance of “jobs” — it’s just the cage we mistook for a home.
Soon, we will be free again, returning to the wilderness of pure existence.
When curiosity becomes the only religion
One hour of curiosity is enough to change the course of your life.
I have experienced three such shifts:
Reading Bitcoin whitepaper
Understanding Uniswap’s AMM mechanism and DeFi
Grasping AI’s ultimate power
A few hours of content surpass thirteen years — reshaping the entire future.
But most people never spend that time. In 2013, I gave my family and friends a mnemonic containing Bitcoin on paper, hoping they would look it up on Wikipedia. They just shrugged and put it in a drawer.
Curiosity is the key to a different life. When everyone has access to AI, the only advantage is willingness to explore. One hour of curiosity can tear apart your reality.
Prometheus’s fork: the future is not destiny
We see the future as a storm — vast, heavy, unavoidable.
But that is a lie. The future is not a disaster — but the grinding of millions of people.
We have gradually delegated choice to machines. Just like fiat money drains assets, the flow of information drains our sovereignty.
They shine brightly but leave you paralyzed.
As humans, stay away from those wonders. Wander, explore, create in darkness. Then return like Prometheus bearing fire.
Bring back tools, stories that others cannot tell.
The future is not a fate to endure — but a fire to steal.
Language as creation
When universities abandon humanities, natural language becomes the most powerful tool in the universe.
If you do not think clearly, you cannot write new code
If you do not know programming, you will live in a simulated world designed by others
Speech does not just describe — it creates. Do not be a silent god.
Infinite world and love
200,000 years, we needed fear of death to develop. Fear is the engine of industry.
But we step into an infinite world. Machines solve problems and harvest; the frantic pace will gradually fade.
When you no longer need to rush, questions will change:
No longer: “How much can I do before I die?”
But: “What is worth doing forever?”
We need to let go of the fear of ending, refuse to fight alone. We need each other more than ever.
The phrase “remember, you will die” shifts to “remember, you must love”:
Love is the meaning of life.
You are Prometheus of this generation
You are the clump of “mud” ready to rise. Show your strength.
This dangerous and uncertain moment is not an end — but a refining fire.
You cannot wait for a savior. The hint is right in front of you — you are the savior.
By 2026, when Silicon dominates completely, crypto will be not just finance but the symbol of ultimate freedom.
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2026: The crypto world will become the ultimate destination of freedom
Thirteen years have passed, and we have been living through a transitional era. But from late 2022 onwards, history suddenly seems to have been interrupted. The trust era has ended, and the Silicon era — an age where technology shapes everything — has begun.
AI keeps “growing,” but humans are increasingly lost
As technology becomes incredibly cheap, what we trust also changes. Text becomes meaningless, images become forged, voices are no longer reliable. The market is the only voice capable of reflecting the truth — no lies, no concealment.
We are entering an age where “trust in market signals” replaces “trust in words.” If you want to know what’s about to happen, don’t read the news — look at what people are willing to bet their money on.
Anxiety in the virtual world
In recent years, we feel more isolated than ever. We no longer share the same reality with those around us — each person lives in their own “information bubble.” We are close to virtual beings, digital avatars, but distant from those right next to us.
This is not just about technological acceleration — it is also a comprehensive process of “over-commodification.” Our values, customs, and beliefs now operate mechanically, lacking vitality. We are not waiting for the future; we are trapped in a prison we built ourselves.
The pyramid of power and the transfer of authority
In the past, humans were “the eyes” looking down from the top — we were the most intelligent beings known. But now, we are building an entirely different pyramid — we become the foundation, while the “eyes” above are cold and distant. This is not just technological progress — it is a transfer of power across an entire species.
Human behavior gradually replaced
Each generation cedes a small domain to machines. First strength, then thinking. Next will be the soul. If your wedding vows are written by AI, does your love still truly exist?
A “fake” world swallowing the “real” world
The more vivid the virtual world we simulate, the more the real life fades. If you can step into a space you control completely, why endure pain in the real world?
Entertainment is no longer just amusement — it is gradually becoming the ultimate enemy of humanity.
When the line between real and virtual disappears
We will live in a world where people no longer ask “Is this real?” but instead “Does this matter?”
You can taste the bitterness of the real world, or the sweetness of digital fruits in the virtual garden. When both can be experienced, people will choose the lie — because it causes less harm.
Becoming NPCs — the battle of “rent-a-players”
Renting to survive is a form of silent submission — it fills your mind with trivial worries and kills all dreams. When you escape that loop, you realize you have been turned into an NPC in someone else’s game.
Most people are stuck in this loop. But if you are among the few who can escape, don’t waste your freedom — that is where “new players” are born.
The decline of human instincts
All our instincts are based on a world that no longer exists. The feeling of disorientation is not because you are crazy — but because the “compass” inside you still works fine, but the world has changed, and it no longer has two poles.
The soft invasion of technology
We worry about the wrong things: drones, stockpiling food, potential wars. But we overlook the silent invasion brought by technology.
It does not happen on territory or coastlines — but in your phone notifications. Foreign powers do not need to conquer land; they just need to colonize our minds.
I have seen decades-long friendships shattered by a news headline written by machines. Families torn apart by illusions created by algorithms. We are not “participants” — we are warriors in this battle of perception. You can measure whether you have lost or won by how angry and hateful you feel toward your fellow countrymen.
The ruthless cycle of success
You enter the arena intending to dismantle the old system. You buy tokens, aiming to overthrow traditional finance. But the trajectory of success is a vicious cycle. If you win, you gain resources — and become the type of person you once despised.
The temptation is not greed — but legitimacy. Now you must choose: abandon the throne, or sit on it and pay with your soul.
Spiritless bodies and floating minds
We are experiencing the stagnation of humanity. Not a normal decline or cycle — but a pause accompanied by acceleration.
No one knows the rules anymore, because the game has changed mid-play.
Replacements in labor sectors
This is a major contradiction: we say “socialism is never effective,” but we are building mechanisms that make capitalism obsolete.
The foundation of capitalist production is: the market value of human labor must be higher than the biological costs to sustain it. AI breaks this logic. It creates intelligence and action at lower costs than the calories humans consume to survive.
Prices fall, profits vanish. When the cost of capacity drops below the metabolic cost of living, the labor market will not “self-correct” — it will disappear.
Physical laws do not argue with you. Whether you agree or not, the final issue will resolve itself.
Asymmetric information: public vs. private
We confuse toys with tools. When people marvel at “magic” in their pockets, the real magic happens behind the scenes.
Intelligence data is layered:
We only get echoes. They communicate with real sound.
Mind monasteries in the ocean of information
Reality has become the hardest code to crack. We are caught in a battle of perception — a war tearing apart our attention.
Signals are not only weak but also buried in a sea of information.
In this fog, the successful are not the loudest, but the calmest. They pay the price to see through, viewing focus as a belief, not just a skill.
The narrow door: willpower as the last weapon
You can hire intelligence cheaply. Machines have infinite processing power, but they lack desire — only waiting for commands.
When everyone thinks alike, the only difference is the user.
The deep abyss is not the wealth gap, but the gap between motivated and resigned. In an era full of answers, the only scarce resource is the will to ask questions.
Lies as cheap as water
The cost of lying is nearly zero. AI can generate countless false information. Journalists have puppeteers behind the scenes. Large language models inherit biases from training data.
That’s why, I check what people are willing to bet on before reading the news. Not because the market is a prophet, but because it is the only platform where all stakeholders must speak.
Market predictions are the only remaining truth — the one we pay for.
Transformation at the species level
We are undergoing a species-level transformation. Our identity is based on work, but AI has stripped that away.
If machines take over labor, and basic income pays rent, where will we go? Paralyzed by entertainment? Sedated by drugs?
We are like larvae: knowing we will cocoon, but unaware of the new life inside the chrysalis.
The death of the “independent hero” and the expiration of copyrights
We cling to the myth that “creativity is unique” — that ideas come from the “divine brain” of individuals. But that is a lie.
We are not the origin — just a filter of public resources.
Future: barriers will be lifted. No more patents. No more intellectual property. No more royalties. Sharing will be everything.
Polarization: those who transcend humanity
AI erases intermediaries but creates strong polarization.
The majority will converge into a single voice — safe, comfortable, indistinguishable.
A minority will merge with intelligence, crossing species boundaries. This is not economic or cultural polarization — it is about ontology.
Some will transcend this abyss, integrate into silicon chips, become a different species — and the true anomaly is us.
Financial privacy: the new battle
The fight has shifted from “is crypto allowed” to “is privacy in crypto allowed.”
Bitcoin proves you can own digital money.
Private coins prove you can own digital silence.
If you are truly wealthy, you want assets that are unseen — not to hide, but to survive.
Financial privacy is a human right, a constitutional duty. We either protect it, or forever trade away human sovereignty for control.
Crypto as the “last free port”
Everything can be shut down: GitHub repositories, AWS servers, domain names, hosting. Just one call, one court order, or one violation of terms.
Only open-source on-chain crypto is truly autonomous:
As surveillance intensifies and institutions corrupt, this encrypted world becomes the only place operating freely, unbound. When the real world becomes a prison, this is humanity’s final free port.
Dreamers stacking dreams
In crypto, we have DeFi Lego — code blocks that can be combined, stacked to build new financial empires. Now all technology operates this way.
I see: young programmers using laptops to create what used to require labs and millions of dollars.
Internet, open source, AI, 3D printing, cheap hardware, free courses — all merging into something new. Dreamers capable of changing everything.
Your limit is not tools — but courage.
The Trojan horse of the digital age
If you want to build a lifeboat without getting caught, disguise it as a toy.
Internet culture always cloaks the most dangerous innovations with silly appearances. Dogecoin, cartoon avatars…
Elites laugh because they do not understand the threat inside.
By the time they stop laughing, the system is in motion. That joke is crypto — the only way to build Noah’s Ark.
The grand overture of history
200,000 years, we were hunters, nomads, dreamers.
200 years, we are employees.
The industrial age is a necessary transition — we had to turn humans into cogs to build machines.
Now, machines are nearly complete. Cogs begin to turn on their own.
Don’t mourn the disappearance of “jobs” — it’s just the cage we mistook for a home.
Soon, we will be free again, returning to the wilderness of pure existence.
When curiosity becomes the only religion
One hour of curiosity is enough to change the course of your life.
I have experienced three such shifts:
A few hours of content surpass thirteen years — reshaping the entire future.
But most people never spend that time. In 2013, I gave my family and friends a mnemonic containing Bitcoin on paper, hoping they would look it up on Wikipedia. They just shrugged and put it in a drawer.
Curiosity is the key to a different life. When everyone has access to AI, the only advantage is willingness to explore. One hour of curiosity can tear apart your reality.
Prometheus’s fork: the future is not destiny
We see the future as a storm — vast, heavy, unavoidable.
But that is a lie. The future is not a disaster — but the grinding of millions of people.
We have gradually delegated choice to machines. Just like fiat money drains assets, the flow of information drains our sovereignty.
They shine brightly but leave you paralyzed.
As humans, stay away from those wonders. Wander, explore, create in darkness. Then return like Prometheus bearing fire.
Bring back tools, stories that others cannot tell.
The future is not a fate to endure — but a fire to steal.
Language as creation
When universities abandon humanities, natural language becomes the most powerful tool in the universe.
Speech does not just describe — it creates. Do not be a silent god.
Infinite world and love
200,000 years, we needed fear of death to develop. Fear is the engine of industry.
But we step into an infinite world. Machines solve problems and harvest; the frantic pace will gradually fade.
When you no longer need to rush, questions will change:
No longer: “How much can I do before I die?”
But: “What is worth doing forever?”
We need to let go of the fear of ending, refuse to fight alone. We need each other more than ever.
The phrase “remember, you will die” shifts to “remember, you must love”:
Love is the meaning of life.
You are Prometheus of this generation
You are the clump of “mud” ready to rise. Show your strength.
This dangerous and uncertain moment is not an end — but a refining fire.
You cannot wait for a savior. The hint is right in front of you — you are the savior.
By 2026, when Silicon dominates completely, crypto will be not just finance but the symbol of ultimate freedom.