I am recruiting Blocksters today. If you are an independent thinker who lives the crypto lifestyle to the fullest and accepts complete responsibility for your financial future and personal life, you are already a Blockster. Congratulations. It is not the path of the masses that we will walk together; we will only achieve our goals by treading a sovereign path—gliding over the flagstones of the metaverse and decentralization.
Blocksters go against the pack in the furtherance of creating innovative and beautiful things. If we emulate the mainstream, we will only advance as far as the flimsy whims of the herd. Thus, we are firmly in charge of our financial destiny, managing our fiscal futures largely independent of the central banks and world governments who are hell-bent on running what is left of our bullshit global economy into the ground.
Blocksters remain eternally restless, always ready to abandon the mundane and test life’s safety net by diving head-first into the unknown depths of the crypto market. Instead of investing in a career where we are likely to be laid off, outsourced, or overworked, we have chosen to carve out our existence by chasing the crypto lifestyle: encountering opportunity everywhere, each day—from every possible perspective, be it economic, intellectual, entrepreneurial, spiritual, and beyond. We understand the ridiculousness of participating in a zombie-like march up a corporate ladder, where one bad day at work could derail our career aspirations beyond repair.
There will always be critics who will demean the self-reliant crypto lifestyle we have chosen. Of course, we Blocksters keep our minds open and listen carefully to contrasting opinions and viewpoints; after all, girdling our aspirations with yes-men and yes-women would create an ineffectual redundancy. On the other hand, we waste little time suffering the company of fools who lack a sufficient understanding of the crypto vida loca.
We all know the cliché: the only thing constant in life is change. But what makes Blocksters extraordinary is that we dare to seek out and embrace change—to fully exploit it. There is no sense in fearing something that opens up oceans of opportunity and arbitrage. Where the pusillanimous see peril, our gang catches a glimpse of fortune and empowerment. In a world awash in hundreds of trillions of dollars in debt—where no nation on earth will ever obtain the means to fully satisfy their financial obligations, we have far more to lose by playing safe — watching from the sidelines, paralyzed by panic. In a world of relentless change, we are never satisfied with staying sedentary.
Risk is necessary for our progress. When we get the cahones to jump into the unknown, we invariably discover that life’s safety net is wider and stronger than we imagined. When we took our first steps as an infant, we took a risk—a leap of faith. We bounced our heads on the floor and then ponderously picked ourselves up and tried again. Nothing would deter us from ultimate victory, regardless of how much short-term discomfort we might experience. We instinctively understood, even back then, that life would not respect a tranquil status quo—that to obtain advantages, we had to take risks.
We will emerge triumphant from our collective crypto experiences—being early adopters, getting on our first NFT whitelist, rubbing shoulders with blockchain pioneers, etc. All the gas fees, rug pulls, and dropped transactions have made us tougher, granting us wisdom to which no price may be affixed.
We are Blocksters, living the crypto lifestyle to the max.
Let the normies watch anxiously from the sidelines, warming the bench with their fat petrified asses while we fill up our bags.
William Laurent is Blockster’s Editor in Chief. Widely published throughout his career, Will is regularly featured in American Banker, Foundry, and Tech for Good, to name a few. He’s advised over 30 Fortune 500 companies across North America and Asia on content strategy, data visualization, and digital/cultural transformation. He is an influential educator, writer, artist, crypto dad, and husband. His artwork and NFTs are sought-after collectibles. Connect with William on DeSo and LinkedIn.
