I stayed away from crypto coins despite having a lot of friends get into this very early and I even refused gifted bitcoins. I still have zero interest or regrets.
That being said I have no ideea where this tech is going. Maybe it will tranform enough times it becomes useful to me. A better analogy for me is the gold rushes. A lot of bad things happened during those but it also encouraged migration and settlement of some unexplored regions.
If I don't get involved it doesn't cost me very much that other people try. Let them do the work and take the risks. If they produce anything useful I will profit. If not...
I totally get why people stay away from this stuff, but I've found the best way to understand what is going on in this space and what it potentially has to offer is to actually use it and experiment with it which is something any naturally inquisitive person would do. The quality of journalism (which as far as I can tell many are relying on to form opinions) surrounding anything crypto or "web 3" related has been astonishingly lazy and just flat out bad for a long time.
That being said I have no ideea where this tech is going. Maybe it will tranform enough times it becomes useful to me. A better analogy for me is the gold rushes. A lot of bad things happened during those but it also encouraged migration and settlement of some unexplored regions.
If I don't get involved it doesn't cost me very much that other people try. Let them do the work and take the risks. If they produce anything useful I will profit. If not...
(I know about the environment cost)