My response to a very common question: Where do I see Cryptocurrencies going in the future?

I find it ironic that I'm being asked that question as I don't really consider myself a crypto-currentcy or financial expert nor do I spend a lot of time analyzing markets and that sort of thing.  

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In my view, the question about predicting where crypto-currencies are going is the WRONG QUESTION.

The correct question should be:  What role will crypto-currencies play in the future?

In my view, what is more important than money (no matter its form) is being able to meet my own needs.  The fact that the vast majority of people are completely dependent upon a vast, fragile and complex web of systems is bordering on the insane.  The level of slavery that people are willing to put up with in order to plug into this matrix is equally insane.  Crypto-currency are a tool and if we focus on the acquisition of wealth rather than the acquisition of knowledge, skills and good health, then we have abused the opportunities that are being presented to help us remedy the coming storm.  

Crypto-currency can help us acquire the knowledge, skills, land, resources and other tools we need to become self-sufficient, self-reliant and healthy.  We need the resources, tools, knowledge, experience and wisdom in order to provide for ourselves.  Through the specialization and compartmentalization of jobs in the current system, the skills to put all of it together is almost gone.  The skill as a generalist, one who is capable of putting all the pieces together so that it can all work and function is almost gone.  Who has that skill?  Homesteaders.  How did they acquire those skills?  Through years of hard work, trial and error, blood, sweat and tears.  

So while there are lots of people interested in the performance of Steem and other cryptos, there are a group of people here who is freely and openly sharing their experiences in the hope that people will contemplate the message that is being portrayed.

I pray that Steem goes up.  Waaayyyyy up.  But not for the reasons most people want.  I pray that it makes this platform popular as it will teach people about anarchy, gifting, peace, self governance and sharing.  It will expose people to the ideas and concepts of homesteading which will plant seeds in the minds and hearts of the millions who are so dependent and truly vulnerable to any disruption of the system, natural or man made.  

Steem is but a tool and if we fall in love with the tool and miss out on how to use it properly, we risk perishing with all those who refused to take advantage of the tool.  I will use steem over all the others because my wallet is distributed over tens of thousands of servers all over the world but so too is the information that I'm sharing.  The data is backed up and stored all over the place.  The chances of all the servers being wiped out is very remote.  Not like a bitcoin wallet on my laptop or cell phone.  

I chose steem because the tool fits with what my intent is;  to share my knowledge, make new relationships with like minded people and get the ball rolling on making significant changes to how we govern ourselves as we stand as stewards of the Earth.  

Peace, freedom, prosperity, gifting, sharing and love are the only way forward.  Greed will be a deadly behaviour when times get rough.  So where do I see Steem or cryptocurrencies going in the future?  They can provide the infrastructure to help us reach the world and to affect change like never before.