The decoupling manifesto: Mapping the next phase of the crypto journey
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Bitcoin (BTC) whitepaper — published 14 years ago — demonstrated, at its core, the ambition to build a world of permissionless, decentralized payments. To date, this goal has been partially advanced with developments like El Salvador’s national Bitcoin adoption. However, the cryptocurrency ecosystem hasn’t supplanted traditional finance, in fact, it has ingrained itself into it. Decoupling is not an industry luxury — it is a necessary step for the industry's survival. The broader community must acknowledge two things: We, in the crypto-community, make blockchain technology and narratives more approachable;.We focus on use cases with tangible real-world effects;. We emphasize the clear juxtaposition between crypto and its alternatives. Source