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Not exactly "business" from a company perspective, but:

Learning Solidity. I've been in crypto space for a long time, always wanted to learn Solidity to write contracts, but always postponed. Played with some toy code in the past years and that was it.

Recently got back in the scene and saw how many new business opportunities it opens and how financially feasible they are now I hate myself for not going more serious in crypto and Solidity in the past years.

Anyway, later is better than never. (Which applies to pretty much everything in life)

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How do you get opportunities in that scene? Do you get paid in cash or cryptocurrencies? Aren't you afraid of an eventual impending crash of the markets?

I also thought of learning about so-called smart-contracts but I'm skeptical of investing time in something that looks like it could crash any day, or maybe I'm just missing a big opportunity.

Crash of which market, stocks or housing? ;)

There’s always a reason not to do something. In this case, if you listen to the naysayers, the market has both already crashed (BTC’s only $43k?) and has yet to crash (BTCs inherent value is $0). If you listen to its proponents, btc’s gonna be worth $200k, just hodl until next year, so you'd be stupid not to get in on it.

The real question is what’s the opportunity cost of learning about the smart contract ecosystem? If you’re a back end developer and you're going to learn frontend development or something else that’s going to open up new career paths in the next few months instead, then your next steps are worth a second thought. If you're just going to be drinking beer and playing video games then might as well try and learn about smart contracts.

Being active in communities/Discord, some networking.

It can of course crash, but take it as an opportunity to learn things and build up relationships in bear market, and when things go green again you'll have it pay.

About the payments, it's usually in the form of crypto (or getting some tokens from the project).

It did crash and I've lost a lot in the past, but I've always cashed out MUCH more than I've lost so it's a win if you get timings right.

If you’re afraid of the market crashing, just cash out as soon as you get paid, e.g. on a monthly basis.

Long term, this thing seems to be growing non-stop.

Any resources you'd recommend for someone trying to get back into the scene after a long hiatus? Looking for nuanced/informative discussions without too much hype.

Sure. I'd suggest getting into Discord communities, of course not "shitcoins" and "ponzi-like tokens" but the ones that do actual developments for NFT platforms, DeFis, DAOs and blockchain gaming (which I personally believe has a great future).

Learning Solidity for EVM-based chains and Rust (my next personal goal) for Solana is a good start.

A toy NFT project (or whatever interests you) on your local chain might be a nice start to get used to the mechanics.

(Retroactive comment after seeing downvotes: wow, seems like there are many crypto haters who downvote without even commenting with a solid reason. Super-constructive.)

I love to talk with you about this. Can you DM me on discord: busymichael#0001? I've joined a few crypto teams and am networking to find more.

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