oh! yes, I saw the brilliant phrase in your post, and wholeheartedly agree with it. (can’t remember who originally said it). Now I do understand, and agree with you that the hype in crypto is **WAY** overblown for what is going to happen in the near term. I dug in a little to the issues with solidity. holy crap is that pup not sustainable as it is!

I lived thru the massive over hype of the dot com, of AI and the subsequent AI winter. But I do think the seeds of the real revolution are being planted today, so if one want to me a founder (as I do) then I want to be there at that moment. BUT founders often eat raman noodles, and wear old sox for YEARS. So I also see the logic of waiting until we are a little closer to mainstream adoption. It is just a little trick to time it… My experience has been that being one of the acknowledged masters of a subject allows one to get the really crazy pay and crazy positions that only seem to befall the few. I live in Silicon valley, and have been paid $3K/mo but also stupid large amounts per year. And in general I have seen those who are the experts get the cool jobs and 2x or 4x pay.

All that said, it would be hard to be a real crypto expert. Maybe a PhD in math coupled with killer C++ algo skills would be on the very top of the pile.

In any case, I *do* now understand (and agree) with your estimates for crypto. Best luck figuring what you will do!