Hamilton, Earlina. "Rising Together: Vision, Responsibility, and the Power to Transform." North American Blockchain Summit, 20 November 2024, George W. Bush Presidential Library:
Welcome, welcome, welcome.
We are living in an exciting time.
Men and women around the world are envisioning a new way forward, a new way to transact, interact, harness energy, and communicate the value of money.
The change is not lost on a species like ours. When Columbus first sailed across the ocean to explore and conquer a new continent, his journals recorded that the first words he uttered were, "I do this in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ."
Humanity has long invoked, remembered, and celebrated the divinity found in setting our gaze above the horizon and into the unknown.
This summit is a reminder that collectively we can move mountains. We can wield progress and power in the direction of good.
We are reminded not only of our individual and collective power to create, but of the understanding that with great opportunity comes great responsibility.
We must protect our progress. We must guide the naysayers either to a quiet corner or to the promised land.
This is not a time for fear. Fear cripples. Fear second-guesses. Fear hoards. Fear limits.
We here in this room must steady our feet and do the work of destiny building.
Our competition has received the same download. The opportunity to steward the future is now.
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