Have you ever wondered:
What is the market really?
Many people think simply:
is a place to buy and sell goods.
But in fact, the market does something much more miraculous:
pulling value from the future into the present.
Sounds abstract.
But let me tell you a little story.
When you borrow from the bank to open a café,
you are not just borrowing money.
You are borrowing future revenue —
something that does not yet exist.
Something that is just… an idea in your head.
And that is how capitalism operates like a time machine.
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In 2007, Steve Jobs stepped onto the stage.
In his hand was an iPhone.
But in fact, he is not selling a phone.
He is selling a vision of the future —
where people use phones to do everything:
make calls, listen to music, browse the web, connect.
Apple, with a presentation,
pulled the future closer by a few years.
The market allows that to happen.
As long as there are enough people believing and daring to bet.
Crypto is the same.
When you buy Ethereum,
you are not buying a line of code.
You are betting on a future,
where blockchain changes how people interact.
But… it is also here,
an interesting paradox emerges.
Many people are hoarding Bitcoin.
They hope the price will rise.
They see it as a safety net for the future.
But let’s ask:
Does holding a lot of Bitcoin really create a future?
If you step into a time machine…
and stand still,
what are you waiting for?
You are not moving forward.
You are not creating anything new.
You are just… waiting.
If everyone is hoarding
and just sitting still waiting for prices to rise —
the machine will not run.
Worse,
it can make us go back to the past —
where no new value is created.
Where time just flows without leading anywhere.
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Vitalik Buterin understands this very well.
From the very beginning, he emphasized:
Crypto is only valuable if it creates real applications.
Smart contracts.
Decentralized finance.
Useful NFTs.
Crypto is like… electricity in its early days.
Initially, people were excited.
But they didn’t know what to use it for.
If everyone hoards generators,
but no one makes light bulbs,
no refrigerators or engines...
then electricity is just a useless invention.
Value is not in the price.
Value is in the ability to turn ideas into reality —
right now.
Ethereum does not just promise.
It has created an ecosystem with a plethora of applications.
There are many other projects —
just selling belief.
No product.
No users.
No value.
Sooner or later, they will have to pay the price.
The market does not reward those who stand still.
The market rewards those who dare to pull the future into the present.
History always favors those who create real value.
Those who turn ideas into products.
Those who take action.
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So next time,
when you invest in a crypto project,
ask yourself:
Is this project pulling the future closer?
Or just standing still and waiting?
Are you betting on an application ecosystem?
Or sending money to a group that only holds tokens and prays?
Capitalism is a powerful time machine.
But that machine only operates when you actively use it.
It does not work
when you sit still
and hope that the future will find you.
The final question:
Are you ready to step onto the time machine
and pull the future into the present?
Because —
only those who dare to take action
truly receive the deserving rewards.