The word revolution comes from the latin revolutio, meaning a turn around. It could mean a modification of an existing constitution, or a complete change of it. However, revolution is almost always understood as a quick change. And that is exactly where my pitfall detector starts ringing.
In recent months we have seen many claims of "revolutionary" developments and technologies in the crypto scene. Next to a plethora of new coins being announced, there are also organizations claiming to have “the next big thing”. The many new hypes are often flashy enough to woo a great amount of users of cryptocurrency into investing their coins into these ventures.
Along with many revolutions that have happened in human history came not only rapid, significant changes in (geo)politics and social situations, yet most often also systemic instability and insecurity, loss of cultural identity, and destruction of value. Pitfalls, many of them historically documented, that come back with every revolution. And these mass-behavioural cycles, in circling back to zero, oust unwanted elements out of a system. What can we deduce from this? Revolution also means reinvention and reset, and the effects of this are not solely beneficial.
Evolution, on the other hand, is less often highlighted in social and cultural contexts. And yet in a manner of speech we often refer to positive development processes in society and in our cultures as evolutionary ones. Nature itself contains many forms of evolution and progression, and it forms a prime example for our own development.
When weighing evolution versus revolution, the Internet of Coins team has decided on attempting to navigate a more long term route. Instead of simply declaring another revolution, they seem to rather declare an evolution aimed at augmenting technologies that are already out there. It is the announcement of a project that is aimed at organic growth. Not reinventing wheels, but rather enhancing the current state of money-like informational commodities we call crypto currency.
It is possible to bring change step-by-step. To replace the current financial structure all of the crypto currency enthousiasts together need to create something so useful that it makes the current systems obsolete. This movement and the work it encompasses are of such magnitude that it cannot be done overnight. So we may want to choose our positions wisely
With the Internet of Coins project and the other decentralized options out there it may become realistic to start adding stability and overall constructive development to the cryptosphere. Together making strides towards being evolutionary, instead of just revolutionary.