So, anyone else getting reference links from non-crypto people shilled to them on other platforms?

Three close friends (all from outside the crypto world) in the last 2 months have asked me to sign up to initiative Q with their affiliate links. I had to tell them that I signed up 6 months ago 😂

I asked all of them what made them sign up and go sharing the link. In one case the person said that it was because of my 'crypto story', she thinks I've made a bunch of money on crypto when that couldn't be further from the truth. The other two, said it was the strap-line they use about - not missing out on the 'new' bitcoin. I think this prevalence of initiative Q sharing by people speaks to how well they have conducted their viral marketing more than anything else. I used to work in marketing for a while but couldn't stomach it.

mainstreaming when the platform is nowhere near ready and, others who will never be happy enough to release it.

A realisation I've only come to in the last 2 months. It's looking like years, maybe even a decade, for crypto mass adoption. Although I think that the fact that some mainstream entities are now building their own blockchains/cryptos suggests it may be closer than we think. Also, that they are looking to corner use cases and markets for blockchain projects we have already invested in. I see it like a double edged sword, mainstream will both embrace and try to appropriate blockchain as a technology but if people choose to use other tokens/coins/blockchains then they will have no choice but to share the new emerging market through the process of mass adoption. It will be interesting to see how it pans out :-)