David Hoffmann

But one thing you said about this article was that...

You said you strongly resonate.

You came into crypto as a starry-eyed dreamer, and seeing the good future that crypto could bring.

But you said, I see much less of that in me now.

I was also dumb and naive back then.

You were dumb and naive back then.

So are you smart and wise now?

What do you think is different?

Well, it's because the rest of society, things move a lot slower than the tech, right?

It's like regulatory is an example of this, right?

The existing regulatory systems have to adapt to see smart contracts as some sort of law type of thing that can be respecting a court system, right?

All that, the human stuff takes so long.

That's his point around AI.

And it takes time.

No, it takes time.

I see that's true.

But you also said this, crypto will still do the things I dreamed it would when I first entered, just much slower and more quietly than I originally thought.

I kind of resonate with this too.

I feel like simultaneously, crypto is doing less of what I thought it would do and also more.

Mm-hmm.