Bitcoin and crypto supporters are taking to Twitter to share their opinion on the direction of blockchain and decentralized assets over the cyear 2030 — with various humorous results.
#TheYearIs2030
The series of tweets began with Blockstream’s Chief Strategy Officer Samson Mow, who took aim at Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong over the exchange’s growing list of high-profile departures. Mow predicted that Armstrong would be the final employee left at Coinbase by 2030, in addition to satirizing the company’s procedure for listing new coins.
— Samson Mow (@Excellion) July 30, 2019
TRON founder Justin Sun also found himself in the crosshair of 2030 predictions. Sun infamously caused a storm of bad publicity two weeks ago, when he abruptly canceled on a lunch with Warren Buffett due to kidney stones. The price of TRX plummeted following the news, including false reports that Sun had been detained in China.
However, one #TheYearIs2030 poster took the opportunity to predict that Sun’s outspoken and grandiose behavior would take him to the top over the coming decade.
The year is 2030, everyone has abandoned Bitcoin and Ethereum for Tron, because Justin burned half his coins (40% of the total supply) hours before meeting with the president of the USA, and declaring Tron as a replacement for the dollar.
— Mike Kilday (@taoteh1221) July 31, 2019
EOS Founder Dan Larimer and the controversial Roger Ver also got called out in the predictions, with the latter being picked on for his support of bitcoin cash.
#TheYearIs2030 Dan Larimer pivots from project Zoltan to project Neptune2. Zoltan simply cannot keep up with current demand so in order to keep everyone from losing their money, users need to reserve their coin on Neptune2. All funds must be sent to Dan's personal bitcoin address
— mBit (@mdotbit) July 31, 2019
#TheYearIs2030 Roger is the sole mod, member, and contributor to r/btc. He celebrates Bcash transaction fees being at an all time low. Every block has one transaction which is Roger sending Bcash to the Bitcoin,com donation address.
— mBit (@mdotbit) July 30, 2019
Ethereum supporters and detractors also jumped on board with the tagging. The majority of predictions were leveled at ETH’s potential to dominate the market over the next ten years.
The year is 2030. Ethereum settles trillions of dollars worth of assets every day.
It's the most used blockchain, ever.@notgrubles and @TuurDemeester are still on Twitter talking about the DAO
— musa (@musatheredguard) July 30, 2019
However, many were also quick to point out that the glacial pace of Ethereum’s 2.0 update could lead to less than ideal results by 2030.
#TheYearIs2030 Ethereum 2.0 released pic.twitter.com/i6sr06MIPL
— Brian @ BTSE (@infsqrwell) August 1, 2019
#TheYearIs2030
ETH 2.0 launches.jk
— Lina Seiche (@LinaSeiche) July 31, 2019
#TheYearIs2030 Vitalik is on the brink of the 7th bailout for dai contract hodlers. New scientific breakthroughs theoretically reduce the full node sync time from 5.76 years to 4.20 years. Vitalik asks everyone to stop transacting until the nodes catch up.
— mBit (@mdotbit) July 31, 2019
Approval for crypto exchange-traded funds (ETFs) also got roasted, as regulatory bodies continue delay action.
#TheYearIs2030 . Winklevoss ETF gains approval. For a vote on approval, in 2050.
— Chainsaw (@Schmame) July 31, 2019
More serious predictions were poised at the inevitable transition of existing frameworks onto blockchain technology. Most Twitter users also appeared to agree that traditioanl financial markets would see integration with crypto-assets in the next decade, including banking systems.
#TheYearis2030 The bitcoin block reward is now 1.5625 BTC. The daily global BTC production is 225 BTC. Fiat as we know has almost entirely collapsed and and all i can think about is the time i spent $250,000 USD equivalent to draw a giant penis on https://t.co/NIK6j80ZgI
— WhiteRabbit (@WhiteRabbitBTC) July 31, 2019
#TheYearis2030 Binance replaced NASDAQ, Bitfinex replaced NYSE, Bitcoin replaced gold, Satoshi wins the Nobel Prize, and I am telling my grandson the story of cryptocurrency.
— Crypto Panda (not giving away any ETH) (@CryptoPandaCN) July 31, 2019
While 2030 may seem far off to today’s audience, it still represents a small stepping stone in the timescale of cryptocurency. Despite 85% of the world’s total supply of bitcoin having already been mined, the remaining 3 million BTC will trickle out over the next century.
#TheYearIs2030 and there are still 110 years until the last BTC is mined
— ROYAL [DCA] (@ThinkingSatoshi) July 31, 2019