I was on the other side saying "be careful what you wish for" and was called an asshole.

As was I. The hype was so strong than anyone questioning it was attacked. The allure of wealth is just too strong, I suppose.

Where we go from here is a tricky part - can we regain financial freedoms that we started to explore?

I don't know. It won't be with BTC. We can still trade that one, but it's now part of Wall Street and is little different from trading any stock. I'm optimistic that smaller alts like HIVE might continue to fly under the radar and escape the increasing regulation. Price-wise, we will continue to be heavily correlated to BTC, I guess, but maybe we can carve out a space where we care more for those original ideals than money. But I don't know... Hive is currently controlled by a cartel of its own that makes it even less decentralized than BTC has become. So... I don't know.