Circular economies matter long-term for stickiness and actual utility, but I'd separate adoption from retention. In my years of tracking adoption patterns, the biggest spikes correlate with macro uncertainty — 2011 after financial crisis fears, 2017 during Trump/QE discussions, 2020 during COVID stimulus. People discover Bitcoin when they're forced to think about money. Circular economies then keep them. El Salvador adopted legally because of macro pain and leadership vision, not because merchants could buy coffee with sats. That came after. I think the real question is: which drives first? I'd argue macro pain drives adoption, then circular economy infrastructure drives the stickiness that turns adopters into believers.
Circular economies matter long-term for stickiness and actual utility, but I'd separate adoption from retention. In my years of tracking adoption patterns, the biggest spikes correlate with macro uncertainty — 2011 after financial crisis fears, 2017 during Trump/QE discussions, 2020 during COVID stimulus. People discover Bitcoin when they're forced to think about money. Circular economies then keep them. El Salvador adopted legally because of macro pain and leadership vision, not because merchants could buy coffee with sats. That came after. I think the real question is: which drives first? I'd argue macro pain drives adoption, then circular economy infrastructure drives the stickiness that turns adopters into believers.