Imagine this: you enter the internet. But it's not the old good internet where you downloaded music via LimeWire, discussed conspiracies on forums, and argued on Facebook. No. Now it's the blockchain internet. It has a new operating system. Who owns it? Well, of course, not you. And not me. But Jeremy Aller — the CEO of Circle, who suddenly decided that he is now the Steve Jobs of the financial internet.
"Blockchain is the new OS of the internet!" — cheerfully declared Jeremy on platform X (Twitter is now named after a brand of condoms).
What does it mean? It means that everything you do on the internet — from buying coffee to paying for OnlyFans — will go through a chain of digital transactions, each of which will be recorded forever. Because who doesn't want their morning cappuccino to be in block number 89,274,781?
Circle: We will do good for you. With your own money
Circle wants to build a “financial system of the internet” — and not just any system, but based on stablecoins. That is, on digital dollars. But not from the Fed. But from a company. A private one. Smell democracy?
And this is where the real fun begins. Circle says:
"In the future, we will replace SWIFT, Visa, MasterCard, banks, money, and common sense. Why do you need cash when there is USDC?"
Of course! Because no sane person would want to pay in cash when they can link their digital wallet to the blockchain so that your buyer in Zimbabwe, the IRS, and your ex-wife all see at the same time that you bought a burrito at Taco Bell.
“Internet of money” — only for the chosen ones
Aller claims that this is all necessary for “global access,” “low fees,” and “security.” As if we don't know that every time someone in a tie says “global access,” they really mean that in the near future you won't be able to buy a pack of cigarettes unless you have a multisig wallet and a connection to zkRollup.
Master plan or digital utopia?
Perhaps Jeremy Aller truly believes that he is building a new digital utopian paradise on Earth. Perhaps he just wants to take a bite of the $10 trillion that will circulate in stablecoins by 2030.
Or maybe… he just got tired of PayPal.
What should an ordinary person do?
• If you're still keeping money in a bank — you've fallen behind progress.
• If you don't hold USDC — you're not in the system.
• If you're not reading the whitepaper from Circle at night — you're a potential threat to the financial stability of the internet.
But don't worry. Soon there will be a “mandatory KYC check” to watch YouTube, and everything will fall into place.
Final block
When you're told that blockchain is the “operating system of the internet,” you're not asked if you want to install it. You've already been updated. Without the right to “rollback.”
And in this OS
