The document outlines 10 "Ain'ts" of crypto, arguing that: 1) crypto is being adopted faster than any new technology in history and countries are adopting it as national currency; 2) while crypto won't replace traditional currency or institutions, it will augment them as new technologies have in the past; 3) it is now easy to buy crypto with a credit card where it once required technical expertise; and 4) crypto is not a passing fad but rather enabling new decentralized applications and will continue to evolve rapidly in terms of users, currencies, and applications.

1. The 10 “Ain’ts” Of Crypto
bill decker
bill@nextchainventures.com
You Ain’t Wanting T
o Ignore This

2. It Ain’t Going Away
Crypto is being embraced faster than any new tech in
history
The industry is global
Countries are adopting Crypto as national currency
bill decker
bill@nextchainventures.com

3. It Ain’t Gonna Replace Money
New tech doesn’t always replace old tech, it augments it
Did TV replace radio?
Did streaming video replace movie theaters?
Did The Internet replace mail?
bill decker
bill@nextchainventures.com

4. It Ain’t Gonna Be Hard T
o Buy
In early days, you needed to “mine” Bitcoin. Now you can buy
Bitcoin (and 1000 other tokens) with a credit card
It won’t be long before all banks & brokerage houses sell and
hold Crypto
bill decker
bill@nextchainventures.com

5. It Ain’t Gonna Stay Con
fi
ned
Crypto is an entryway into an ecosystem. It leads to:
Decentralized
fi
nance deals and applications (DeFi)
New marketplaces
New countries
New payment tools for traditional purchases (rent, taxes, cars, movies)
New uses for security, inventory, digital rights, law, fundraising….)
bill decker
bill@nextchainventures.com

6. It Ain’t Getting Controlled
Sure, governments can try to regulate it.
Governments might be able to regulate exchanges
Governments can regulate some citizen’s use (but people can
leave their countries and trade crypto offshore)
Governments Ain’t gonna stop creation of Crypto development
Governments Ain’t gonna stop the new Apps
bill decker
bill@nextchainventures.com

7. It Ain’t Being Left T
o T
ech People
Years ago, tech savvy needed to acquire Crypto (mostly bitcoin).
Now, anyone can buy it
People and companies needed IT experts to create tokens
Now, anyone can create it
“Drag & Drop” Apps now enable a 5 year old to make crypto
bill decker
bill@nextchainventures.com

8. It Ain’t Gonna Be A Fad
This is not a passing fancy.
Crypto is enabling people and
fi
rms to get onto Blockchains
Blockchain -more effective than any decentralized tech, ever
bill decker
bill@nextchainventures.com

9. You Ain’t Gonna Avoid It
Do you own any stocks? The S&P 500? Dow Jones Stocks?
T
oday, 94% of the Fortune 500 have Blockchain/Crypto plans
Crypto is in 100’s of banks - 1000’s more in a few years
bill decker
bill@nextchainventures.com

10. It Ain’t Standing Still
Latest estimate: 19,000 different Cryptocurrencies
Latest estimate: 2000 Crypto Apps
Latest estimate: Bitcoin alone is $600 billion. Add another
$trillion for the rest
Latest estimate (12/31/21) 107 million people own Crypto
bill decker
bill@nextchainventures.com

11. It Ain’t Playing By No Rules
Crypto invades investment portfolios
Crypto changes payments; domestically and internationally
Crypto is decentralized-Ain’t No-one in charge
Crypto is constantly in motion
bill decker
bill@nextchainventures.com