Memories Of Stage and Off Stage
Blockchain Conference Season – Spring 2023
The TC duo are on stage.
Sitting side by side with a mirror screen displaying an album.
Music blaring over the speakers, fills the room, “I’m looking at the man in the mirror… oh yeah…!”
TC1: It feels good to be back here. How time flies! May 2013 to be precise.
TC2: Yeah! Ten years since we got our first shot on this stage which set things off to the moon for us.
TC1: Who would have thought then while still young at figuring Bit$ out, that we were going to make Top Cat status on this block? And that conference lit us up.
TC2: Yeah, it was the craziest thing. Remember when we got the invitation from the Foundation? It felt unreal.
TC1: At first you thought it was a joke but we knew a stamp from the G.A was the real deal.
(swiping through some photos on screen)
TC2: Fancy us on stage, eh! Man – that was unpredictable. I recall my initial thoughts about what the crowd would think or feel towards us.
TC1: But we were as cool as ice – as we hit the mics.
TC2: (stands up as though reliving an experience) First they ignore you. Then they laugh at you.
TC1: (joins the act) Then they fight you.
(both give a double wink)
TC2: Then you win!
The duo spontaneously power up and leap into the air.
TC1: BOOM!!! It was the most exhilarating thrill of the time.
TC2: A crowd full of the who’s who – from Base to Ripps, movers and shakers of the coin industry all around the world and we get to quote Ghandhi. What a moment.
TC1: You know that wasn’t Ghandhi right…
TC2: Right, that was us relieving our reality on stage…
TC1: No, I mean yes, but the original quote wasn’t from Ghandhi. A guy named Nicholas Klein, a trade union activist.
TC2: Activist? Hmmm…okay! Had no clue. Anyway, we’re not treading down that line of activism.
TC1: Arguable, but that almost tore off the vision of this block in the early days. Back then there were no modalities on how to build this rocket.
TC2: Yeah, it’s all come a long way. Do you remember, about a month before we took to the stage – we had just celebrated Bit$ hitting the $1billion mark?
TC1: (pointing to TC2) And it was you who placed the order which kicked it off at $92.
TC2: (relishing the credit) Yes, indeed. But the joy was temporary as Mt. G kept tumbling over perennially until it finally collapsed.
TC1: (rolling up imaginary sleeves) That was when we knew we had to don our chef hats to buidl this plumbing right.
TC2: Right!
TC1: Now for Bit$ the total market cap is 500x with a single Bit$ still hodling at 250x compared to ten years ago and though we’ve been through major highs and dips, it’s been a great ride.
However, you want to call it, that averages a 25x yearly appreciation.
TC2: What’s your view on how the next ten years might run?
TC1: Fair to hold my thoughts on this. We have several things to come to consensus on at Austin and then we can comment.
For now, all I’ll say is, we’re deep in the lake, to keep champion status we need to keep rowing.
TC2: (dramatically) Through every wave and tide, whether it be storm or calm or high waters.
TC1: You got that right bro…
(phone buzzes)
TC1: It’s a tweet from the SEC-retary about BitRx.
TC2: (ironically) Great! What does it say.
TC1: (reading aloud) “Hear me, hear me… BitRx Wells has moved from notice to charge.”
TC2: They keep on coming. But we keep on going (making an upward rocket gesture).
TC1: Com’on, we’ve relieved our memories on this stage. But like you say, we’ve got to hit our next show.
TC2: Next stop! Mars.
TC duo exit the stage.
Backstage, they walk past someone in the shadows fixing a plumbline connected to the stage.
The duo nod and wink, walking briskly past as they reminisce out loud.
TC2: I wonder what Sats is making of all this?”
TC1: Probably sniggering at the SEC-retary’s tweets… especially as it seems that we’re re-living 2009.
The person in the shadows waits for them to get out of view, then brings out a phone.
Person in the shadows: (snickering) Looking through these still gives me goosebumps…
I’ll long cherish the memories of that second conference. Sometimes it feels like a shame that no one but one knew I was there but that’s as it should be.
I’ve done my bit. I’ve laid the blocks. I’ve trudged the tunnels. Now it all works. It’s only fair then, that I should exit the scenes.
And though I must confess I miss the thrill, cleaning the pipes is good enough for me.
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