{"id": "1t6djf8", "title": "I've worked in crypto for 8 years (Circle, Messari, Coinbase, Crossmint). Long post on how its all played out, and how different it is from what we expected.", "subreddit": "CryptoCurrency", "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/1t6djf8/ive_worked_in_crypto_for_8_years_circle_messari/", "score": 811, "comments": 267, "selftext": "When I got into crypto in 2017, the thesis was that this technology would change everything. \n\nGovernment-issued currencies would be replaced by decentralized ones. Blockchains would eliminate the rent-seeking intermediaries that sit between every transaction. Power would shift from corporations to users.\n\nAlmost none of that happened. But something else did. \n\nI've now spent eight years across four crypto companies, watched the asset class grow from sub-$1 billion to over $4 trillion, lived thr", "created_utc": 1778166965.0}