Jupiter co-founded Meow: The industry is over, stop flattering centralized financial power

BlockBeats reported that on August 25, Jupiter co-founder Meow published a long article on the arrest of Telegram CEO Pavel Durov: "Finance is power. Today, Pavel The blatant arrest of makes it clear who holds that power. It’s a warning to all other protocol developers that no matter where you are, no matter how popular you are, the holders of financial power can find you if they want to. ”

“This is a raw assertion of a more primal force that chills me to the bone, an age-old formula for ensuring obedience. Decentralization is not only a way for us to print magical cryptocurrencies, it’s also an important tool for us to balance the world’s power structures. We need to be as independent of centralized systems as possible, and this happens on three levels: on the technical level, we drive adoption of decentralized pathways; on the monetary level, we break the ability of centralized parties to destroy livelihoods of entire economies; and finally, on the power level, we have as much say as large corporations and governments in determining the global agenda and ethos. Without this decentralized power base, we are doomed to always be under the control of the few, like rats trapped in a maze designed by the few.”

“Finally, cases like this need to be our battle cry for us to stop giving in to those who provide us with ETFs, fancy campaign slogans, and institutional flattery of "fake friendship," we are screwed as an industry because we are always sucking up to others instead of fighting for what the world needs. Building for the future we want to see, the friends we want to be with, and the people we want to be. We may have a chance to build the decentralized power base that this world desperately needs."