People say “we are all Ryoshi,” but most never stop and actually ask what that means. Yes, Ryoshi was a real person. He typed the words. He sparked the fire. But the identity of the man was never the point. The ethos was.
To me, being a Ryoshi means standing for true decentralization. It means not cheating the people, not hiding admin wallets, not running games behind closed doors while preaching “community.” It means building for SHIB and for the vision that was laid out from day one. A vision where no one holds the throne, no one holds all the tokens, and no one controls the future except the collective.
Ryoshi said he was a nobody. Replaceable. A volunteer. He said, introduce yourself as Ryoshi, and if the person across from you does the same, you’ve met someone special.
That reminder shows us that the strength of SHIB was never meant to rest on a single name. It was meant to rest in the entire community.
Is Ryoshi still around?
I absolutely believe he’s watching everything unfold.
Do I think he’s secretly behind some of the projects people like to speculate about?
No, I do not.
Will he ever come back?
No one knows, and that isn’t even the point of this post.
The point is this:
To be a real Ryoshi you stand for the values he left behind.
You defend decentralization.
You protect the community.
You build without expecting a crown.
You honor SHIB and the vision that started as an experiment to see if a community could grow without a leader.
Hi, I’m Ryoshi...
