I used to call myself a world citizen and nowadays I can call myself a crypto citizen. Or I can call myself a citizen of the internet but I’m not entirely using crypto for my everyday life yet nor I’m completely living off crypto yet.
I don't have the perfect definition for crypto citizen. So before, I write further let me try to explain my own imagination of a full crypto citizen. Someone who can dedicate most of their energy to the decentralized economy without needing to rely much on the fiat economy. So it can be someone who lives off crypto or their main hustle is crypto. Of course, it's not entirely possible to live a life without using fiat currencies.
If we see Hive as a virtual country and we're all immigrants. As Hive has no pre mine, so everyone has to earn their power within this decentralized network or buy the power from the money they brought from another crypto or fiat economy.
I'm a UK immigrant who moved to London when I was 18 from Sri Lanka. It took me more than a decade to officially become a British citizen. My patience and hard work paid me off in the end. I used to compare myself with people who were born British citizens and think why I have to wait this long and this hard to gain something that some people get without any effort. One of the main reasons why I desired British citizen is because I can travel to many places without any restrictions.
I received a letter just before I left office from a man. I don’t know why he chose to write it, but I’m glad he did. He wrote that you can go to live in France, but you can’t become a Frenchman. You can go to live in Germany or Italy, but you can’t become a German, an Italian. He went through Turkey, Greece, Japan and other countries. But he said anyone, from any corner of the world, can come to live in the United States and become an American. - Ronald Reagan
Crypto does not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, religion, age, nationality, or disability.
So you can imagine Crypto as USA 2.0 through Ronald Reagan's point of view.
Becoming a full crypto citizen is one of my long-term goals so that I can live almost anywhere in the world and work from anywhere in the world.
Remote work is the future
Thanks to covid and remote work, hybrid work and flexible works are becoming the new normal. People who live and work in big cities will understand commuting to work is a nightmare. The Crypto economy will accelerate remote works and more and more people will become crypto citizens in the coming years.
I'm so glad my company gave us the option. they are treating our office like a "hotel"
4pm at the office and I was hungry and tired and just wanted to go home.
Managers are in a panic and don’t like it because they’re being shown how many cases they are irrelevant. Too many layers of management. And remote work has exposed this irrelevance.
Above quotes from this Reddit post relating to remote work
When you spend some time on Crypto Twitter, you will see many tweets from people who made their fortunes with crypto and the Tweets often explain how they made it.
Today's Crypto Question
How many years will take to become a full crypto citizen?
It depends on the individuals and their circumstances. Long-term thinking will be key.
What comes easy won’t last long, and what lasts long won’t come easy
Like how I obtained my British citizenship by being patient and adding value to UK economy, I'm aiming to become a full crypto citizen by 2025 by adding value to the Hive economy. I want this journey to be challenging. The first 4 years with crypto already given me many opportunities and I wasn't well prepared to make the most. Now I'm placing myself to make sure I'm ready to become full crypto.
My frugal living will definitely be a massive factor in how quickly I become a full crypto citizen. Also, our Hive community will play a major role in my achieving my dream. I'm just focusing on the became the person who can add massive value to Crypto via empowering the creator economy.
Crypto gives Freedom to people like no other. I just can't wait to become a full crypto citizen.
Thank you for reading and I appreciate your upvotes & comments. I feel blessed to be part of our global Hive community.
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