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 Crypto, whatever. I'm saying that it is extremely niche, even if maxis aren't the only ones messing with it anymore. By "public" I'm not just talking about guys at the gym or friends of friends at Sunday brunch, but everyone.

Even if we imagine that crypto becomes ubiquitous, it still wouldn't be what people want to talk about all of the time. How many people on Twitter or Facebook spend all of their time talking about the US mint or fractional reserve banking despite dollars being what everyone uses in their daily lives?

Anyway, my whole point is that people like me understand the value of crypto, but it just isn't so exciting that it's the only thing I ever want to talk about.