Blockchain has built so much hype driven by investors chasing the next big thing that any move in that direction is highly speculative. It's not that crypto la

Blockchain has built so much hype driven by investors chasing the next big thing that any move in that direction is highly speculative. It's not that crypto lacks utility, clearly there is some meat there, but the amount of money invested there is based on expectations of the future that are far from a sure thing. Think about the impact of the web from 1995 to 2010. Think about the impact of the smart phone from 2007 to 2022. The revenues and profit margins of Apple, Google, Amazon over the last couple decades have been jaw dropping. Do you think crypto will be on that order of magnitude? Because VCs are willing to throw around huge investments if they think there's a 5% chance that it could be. Personally I would not do a hard pivot into crypto. If you are interested in it, by all means learn about it and maybe dip your toes on some side projects. But in terms of your career, focus on moving up the value chain rather than chasing fads. A foundation of solid web dev skills will always serve you well, but specific tech know-how has a half-life (which gets shorter the higher you go in the stack), and you don't want to find yourself competing on pure coding prowess once you have >10 years experience. Think about your strengths that can't be replicated just by grinding code, and what you've learned over many years of experience across different environments.