Are we late to crypto?

are we late to crypto?

honestly, this question comes up all the time. and i get it. when you hear stories about people buying bitcoin for a few dollars or minting nfts before anyone cared, it’s easy to feel like the door already closed.

but take a step back and really look around.

most people still don’t know how a wallet works. they’ve never used defi. they don’t understand self-custody, on-chain activity, or why crypto even exists beyond “price going up or down.” some still think crypto is just charts, memes, and scams on twitter. if that’s the general level of understanding, can we really say it’s late?

the truth is, we’re still early in the boring phase. the phase where real infrastructure is being built quietly. where teams are fixing things that broke, improving user experience, and making crypto usable for normal people, not just power users. that’s usually the stage that actually matters.

think about the internet. the biggest opportunities didn’t come from the first websites. they came later, when things became clearer, simpler, and more useful. after the hype died down.

crypto is in that same moment right now.

so no, i don’t think we’re late. i think we’re early enough to learn without the noise, early enough to build without rushing, and early enough to understand why this space matters before everyone else does.

sometimes being “late” just means you arrived with better context.