Thanks for telling me about BlockTunes. I hadn't heard it, but I'm very glad to know it's there.
I like the comment on us being the island of misfit toys, I feel like that sums up the Steem/Hive/Crypto experience quite well. I do agree though, we are all way too early, or just delusional. I'm hoping governments will eventually allow crypto to live as it was envisioned, but even as I was typing that I was calling myself insane.
The point of crypto was to stick it to the man, at least from my viewpoint and we need to get back to that mantra instead of bowing down and kissing the feet of the governors as if they have any real authority over anyone. This is one reason I have moved most of my savings into Monero. That is one community that still believes in the OG virtues of the space.
I agree, crypto was absolutely supposed to be the alternative to the fiat institutions. Unfortunately, a great number of people have gotten scared out of using it that way because of laws and regulations about its use. Politicians really don't like people coming in and trying to do business without them.