The "crypto" association is a huge problem. Degens really spoiled that word and made it really easy for the media to criticize. Saifedean Ammous basically argues that people will get smart by force, and not by choice, a view I tend to agree with. I haven't managed to convince the people who trust me most on this world, so I've stopped trying. Every so often I'll playfully ask business owners if they accept lightning payments and they usually look at me like I have three heads. Perhaps, one day they'll remember me though, and wish they'd taken me a bit more seriously.