While the Crypto-Currency space has many risks, the opportunity appears vast with constant technology updates. With a rapid rise in prices, here's the bull case for building a decentralized future:

1. A Secure World Computer: a decentralized world computer without a third-party intermediary. If there is one positive technology item that we can agree on, it is that the Blockchain has never been hacked. What happens if we build on top of this secure layer?
2. Store of Value: this is the most commonly cited use case for crypto currencies and the least interesting, in our view: Offshore accounts valued at an estimated ~$21 trillion and gold at $8 trillion.
3. International Remittance: the sending of payments overseas estimated at half a trillion dollars per year.
4. “Fat Protocols”: ability to own the protocol layer which increases in value as the applications grow – reverse model compared to today’s environment.
5. Mining: computing power being used to secure the network through Proof-of-Work which is currently a multi-billion dollar market.
6. Improved scaling: development efforts (including Lightning Network) appear on track to deliver scaling that accommodates higher transactions/second, ultimately driving higher utility and network value.

Net Net: By utilizing decentralized computing and open source software we see a multi-trillion dollar market emerging...