If there ever was a moment in human history when it was deemed valuable to know how to code, it would be in this moment and persisting at the very least for our current decade (2021-2030).

However, being able to code is really just 1 tiny part of the story.
Web development, mobile, IOT, wearables are just a few of the possible avenues project creators can choose to developer their ideas on.

In college the past few years I chose to focus on a primary project for iOS. So that's where most of my skill is. But in the crypto space with a focus on developing on top of the ICON Platform I've struggled to find conviction in a direction primarily because of a point I always bring up and that's where are we with "if i develop something how do I approach limiting liability due to the gray area of crypto and the unknown repercussions."

For example, just brainstorming - I would like to to develop an iOS app which would be in the fitness niche, using crypto Where a smart contract can handle payouts when competing with friends. Fulfilling my desire to combine fitness, tech, money for the purpose of improving people's health alongside improving interaction with friends on a more personal level rather than the not so personal social media approach.

So brainstorming and hopefully kickstarting a discussion with others in the same position.
Which area do we see the best opportunity in 2021, 2022, and beyond to develop for.

Is it iOS, android
is it a web platform

for the past decade developers have created exchanges, coins, tokens, and now NFT Platforms seem interesting.
I recall some acquisitions of crypto based apps in 2018.

OR am i thinking about the approach to my question wrong and it should just be choose something/anything and not have analysis paralysis. Not sure who else to ask so here I am haha!

Matt Thank you! Also im not trying to come across as "trying to ask for permission", just trying to take a smarter approach than when I spent 3+ years on a project which never attracted the attention I initially anticipated it would. In the past I've Read books like the lean startup, and an entire bookshelf on business, self improvement to try and understand points gone wrong.

Like the shiny object syndrome post I did a couple days ago, I feel like I should just ditch coding up an idea and just create a random NFT collection of 1 of 1 super car images and sell them for a million, billion, brazillion ethereum.
I saw somewhere that the whole "CryptoPunks" collection sold for $43 million? Jesus.

@peter
when starting a new project how much do gov't legalities play a role in your project development.

Does it come down to just deploying a product/service and crossing your fingers that nobody comes after you?
Or is it a matter of deploying something, and hoping your net income > possible fines?

In America is it an open playing field right now, or is there anywhere I can read up on what I can/can't do because I can not really find anything substantial. (https://www.loc.gov/law/help/cryptocurrency/world-survey.php nothing on North America)

peter Much appreciated thank you!