Navigating the crypto landscape, a refreshing feature is that it can be found with apolitical cleanliness. Often, this is due to deliberate efforts by analysts and influencers to maintain a neutral approach and avoid controversial issues.
In an age of polarization, it’s very easy to alienate sections of the audience with open comments, and in an age of social media, what is usually a harmless opinion can be instantly elevated into a political flash point, causing reaction and disruption.
With the so -called ‘cultural war’ seemingly still very angry, so many people, if they don’t have the professional capacity, will choose to avoid the drama.
And, crypto, in particular, provides cool neutrality. It’s a tech development that revolves around code and math. Traders pore through charts and technical analysis, and the market, most of the time, most, functions in a predictably mechanical way: as long as you know enough of the inputs, you can make decent estimates of the possible range of outputs.
Can Politics Avoid It All?
You may not be able to avoid politics at all (and eliminate a few arguments that might make sure that avoiding politics is a political act). when crypto so significant enough that regulators take an interest, it is necessary for supporters to sound out crypto-friendly politicians, and to make a case for crypto in standard political terms, or at least in a way that matches the questions asked by bureaucratic institutions.
Widespread institutional adoption may be on the cards, but it awaits approval from regulators and political entities to show that crypto, or initially just bitcoin, came from the fringes, and is therefore irresponsible. not to be included in the balanced portfolio.
On the other hand, it certainly makes sense that politicians are now interested in bitcoin not because it requires establishment approval, but because there is very little they can do to stop it, and so they are forced to join because otherwise they don’t. it will only circumvent them and exist on its own terms.
According to this calculation, traditional institutions do not absorb bitcoin, but the opposite: bitcoin absorbs and replaces traditional institutions. And still, this doesn’t have to make it bitcoin politics. In fact, it can be considered a political negation.
Differences of View Appear
Although many participants in the crypto space remain political to themselves, that is not always the case, and as crypto splinters into various tech divisions, usually cooperatives, sometimes in competition, some identified ideological or political characteristics begin to emerge.
The culture around bitcoin itself tends to show strong libertarian tendencies, and is the most obvious anti-stability. This should be expected because it was created as a release from institutional financial dysfunction, and also because, in order to grow and attract adoption, supporters must not only state the bitcoin case but also, in the process, develop an identity.
Perhaps this latter factor, identity, along with society, is an unintended by -product. It is not, after all, hard-coded or immutable. However, identity and community play an important role in attracting new entrants into bitcoin’s evolving zone of gravity, as their appeal is not just monetary, but cultural.
Self-custody is a critical component of bitcoin’s purpose, and thus, it is inevitable that when politics is at stake, individual freedom and liberty must be paramount. In American politics, this is now a real priority, but it is not the case anywhere else around the world, and bitcoin could, in theory, be an escape hatch from any control that occurs at a particular time and place. , be that from the left or the right, the company or everything else.
Web3 and NFTs
If there is a contrast with the political philosophy, which is most popular around bitcoin, then it emerges about what could be called the web3 project, and the most visible in the world of NFT.
Web3 focused on using crypto technology to develop a decentralized web version, in which users have ownership of their identities and assets online without the need for third -party approval. This creates a more custodial, sensor -resistant experience, which is in line with the bitcoin philosophy but extends from money to all online activities.
However, the web3 project overlaps and interacts with the existing web2 digital landscape, and is likely to absorb and absorb the current ethics and politics of Silicon Valley. This creates a sometimes inconsistent texture, where individual ownership, which equates to individual freedom, is important for web3 companies, while Silicon Valley over the last decade has disappeared from libertarianism, with large technology platforms using top-down control over users. -content created.
Though not true in space, the crypto area where open support for left -wing political causes can be easily found in the NFT space. This may be because many participants come from non-crypto backgrounds, particularly from art and design, and bring a certain amount of trust and loyalty.
However, despite the prospect of possible conflict being forced to come close, it is very rare in crypto to encounter a bad political dispute, and this may give a clue as to one of the unintended benefits of crypto.
Essentially, the technology is neutral, although different cultures may develop in different branches. Finally, there is a universal understanding that freedom, to transact and express oneself, is essential to the existence of crypto, when viewed from a contrasting point of view it is essential, and may be an antidote to political polarization.
Navigating the crypto landscape, a refreshing feature is that it can be found with apolitical cleanliness. Often, this is due to deliberate efforts by analysts and influencers to maintain a neutral approach and avoid controversial issues.
In an age of polarization, it’s very easy to alienate sections of the audience with open comments, and in an age of social media, what is usually a harmless opinion can be instantly elevated into a political flash point, causing reaction and disruption.
With the so -called ‘cultural war’ seemingly still very angry, so many people, if they don’t have the professional capacity, will choose to avoid the drama.
And, crypto, in particular, provides cool neutrality. It’s a tech development that revolves around code and math. Traders pore through charts and technical analysis, and the market, most of the time, most, functions in a predictably mechanical way: as long as you know enough of the inputs, you can make decent estimates of the possible range of outputs.
Can Politics Avoid It All?
You may not be able to avoid politics at all (and eliminate a few arguments that might make sure that avoiding politics is a political act). when crypto so significant enough that regulators take an interest, it is necessary for supporters to sound out crypto-friendly politicians, and to make a case for crypto in standard political terms, or at least in a way that matches the questions asked by bureaucratic institutions.
Widespread institutional adoption may be on the cards, but it awaits approval from regulators and political entities to show that crypto, or initially just bitcoin, came from the fringes, and is therefore irresponsible. not to be included in the balanced portfolio.
On the other hand, it certainly makes sense that politicians are now interested in bitcoin not because it requires establishment approval, but because there is very little they can do to stop it, and so they are forced to join because otherwise they don’t. it will only circumvent them and exist on its own terms.
According to this calculation, traditional institutions do not absorb bitcoin, but the opposite: bitcoin absorbs and replaces traditional institutions. And still, this doesn’t have to make it bitcoin politics. In fact, it can be considered a political negation.
Differences of View Appear
Although many participants in the crypto space remain political to themselves, that is not always the case, and as crypto splinters into various tech divisions, usually cooperatives, sometimes in competition, some identified ideological or political characteristics begin to emerge.
The culture around bitcoin itself tends to show strong libertarian tendencies, and is the most obvious anti-stability. This should be expected because it was created as a release from institutional financial dysfunction, and also because, in order to grow and attract adoption, supporters must not only state the bitcoin case but also, in the process, develop an identity.
Perhaps this latter factor, identity, along with society, is an unintended by -product. It is not, after all, hard-coded or immutable. However, identity and community play an important role in attracting new entrants into bitcoin’s evolving zone of gravity, as their appeal is not just monetary, but cultural.
Self-custody is a critical component of bitcoin’s purpose, and thus, it is inevitable that when politics is at stake, individual freedom and liberty must be paramount. In American politics, this is now a real priority, but it is not the case anywhere else around the world, and bitcoin could, in theory, be an escape hatch from any control that occurs at a particular time and place. , be that from the left or the right, the company or everything else.
Web3 and NFTs
If there is a contrast with the political philosophy, which is most popular around bitcoin, then it emerges about what could be called the web3 project, and the most visible in the world of NFT.
Web3 focused on using crypto technology to develop a decentralized web version, in which users have ownership of their identities and assets online without the need for third -party approval. This creates a more custodial, sensor -resistant experience, which is in line with the bitcoin philosophy but extends from money to all online activities.
However, the web3 project overlaps and interacts with the existing web2 digital landscape, and is likely to absorb and absorb the current ethics and politics of Silicon Valley. This creates a sometimes inconsistent texture, where individual ownership, which equates to individual freedom, is important for web3 companies, while Silicon Valley over the last decade has disappeared from libertarianism, with large technology platforms using top-down control over users. -content created.
Though not true in space, the crypto area where open support for left -wing political causes can be easily found in the NFT space. This may be because many participants come from non-crypto backgrounds, particularly from art and design, and bring a certain amount of trust and loyalty.
However, even if there is the potential for conflict to be forced to come close, it is very rare in crypto to encounter a bad political dispute, and this may give a clue as to one of the unintended benefits of crypto.
Essentially, the technology is neutral, although different cultures may develop in different branches. Finally, there is a universal understanding that freedom, to transact and express oneself, is essential to the existence of crypto, when viewed from a contrasting point of view it is essential, and may be an antidote to political polarization.
