So I look at other chains from a technical point of view, looking for a new place to achieve my goals. I HATE that ICP is this good.
At this point I wouldn’t even call it a blockchain, there are no blocks being chained together, which I think is the premise of a lot of the other chains, simply aiming to immutably prove things.
ICP on the other hand is more concerned with speed and scalability. ICP is the perfect decentralisation option, removing all external dependencies allowing it to focus on building organic features that complement its 100% on-chain nature.
There’s blockchains, then there’s decentralised infrastructure - it can literally change the world, I hope it does. Ultimately I don’t think it will, running costs will only increase and unless mass adoption is achieved, by users, it’s done.
Mass adoption is mentioned in other chains but they can’t scale a real app to get enough people to change their behaviour, that’s what is required for mass adoption, behavioural change in people, this will come from a kind of brand loyalty that true decentralisation can bring. Say DFINITY supported OpenFPL instead of just ignoring it, that’s the way to mass adoption, getting millions of people in a really popular medium to be comparing 2 services, in their head they will ask, what’s the difference here.
It’s that respect that a user is given that will generate brand loyalty, this is made for you, to make your life better and the web2 version is made for them, to profit off your life. Then when they want a new type of app they will instinctively check what the ICP app is in the category they want.
Say you have a consumer and you sell them a car, you don’t exploit them, you make them feel valued, you may even help them make a little money (like a Tesla paying you for ride shares) - when you then need another car, you will be loyal not to a company but to a medium of expectation, the expectation to not be exploited.
If we are always saying ‘buy this now and you can make more money later’ it’s actually insulting to most of the world who don’t gamble, let alone want to profit at the expense of someone else.
I get most people reading this hold ICP, not for computational purposes but to sell it and make money, whether through distributing maturity etc and that’s fine, you deserve to never work again on one condition. If you genuinely help dismantle our exploitative world, through doing what is right, watch what will happen, buyers will arrive, a lot, not to gamble but to help continue the revolution decentralisation offers.