You're not late. We're in maybe the 2nd or 3rd inning of this game. As long as you get into the right projects, or are okay holding Bitcoin long term you should do good. Ethereum is potentially going to MySpace itself, so pay attention to viable alternatives:
http://gold-silver.us/forum/showthre...103424-Cardano
http://gold-silver.us/forum/showthre...e-New-Ethereum
Bitcoin realistically will hit $1 Million in 10 years max. Likely sooner.
Gold has been going sideways for over 10 years now since people are switching to the digital economy. The old school notion that we'll return to a Gold Standard is retarded. Gold will become an INDUSTRIAL metal, like Silver is, and not go up too much in value, though it's still a good hedge if you want something with stable value in the short to medium term. Gold will become hyperinflationary in time as technology and automation improves and it will lose its purchasing power over time. I'm not joking. It's a hard truth to swallow but it's the new reality of the new digital world.
The whole "collapse SHTF" stuff is bullshit IMO. The rich people won't allow that to happen widespread, but they will do it in small regions like what happened in Texas recently to fuck with people they don't like. There's going to be so many poor people created by automation wages will drop down to nothing and people will fight for the remaining few jobs.
Robots will take your jobs, not Beaners
I do a lot of hydroponics and have been mastering doing that with automation. I'm mixing my computer knowledge with gardening, and it's pretty exciting and interesting as I'm developing new techniques.
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The Right and Left do not serve you. Only Cypherpunks are fighting for a better world in the digital age. We are the actual good guys.