Probably my favorite early crypto lore.
"Anyone can kill your contract"
-I accidentally killed it
Early crypto was crazy and so incredibly exciting.
Things developed in real time on the TL, contracts were tested in production, absolutely everyone was one DM away.
Regulation was a non-issue, forks were everywhere, bridging was clunky and dangerous, Bitcoin was the future of finance, Ethereum's potential was limitless and code was law.
Nowadays for the most part, things happen behind corporate doors, and only hit the TL as carefully-vetted, legally-approved announcements.
It's still pretty exciting to be participating and seeing the transition from TradFi into Fintech through crypto rails, but nothing will ever beat the thrill of a small, untested, chaotic and dangerous new world.