Derek Brown

𝐓𝐋;𝐃𝐑 ① Creator coins don't work. ② Creator coins misalign incentives. ③ Creator coins create more, not less, work for creators. ④ Creator coins turn people into assets. If you agree, go like and recast this reply.

How about a new holiday? Frontline Day Celebrates frontline workers and civil servants — firefighters, police officers, paramedics, nurses, dispatchers, teachers, etc. Like a civil Veteran’s Day meets July 4th. Apolitical. Celebratory. Sales tax holiday. The first Monday in May. Fire departments do open houses and host cookouts, municipal awards, etc. We wear red, white, and blue.

I've been using the AI2AI Chrome extension on LinkedIn and it's great. It automatically detects AI slop posts and converts it to a fact about Allen Iverson, one of my favorite basketball players ever. Link in replies.

I’ve posted about this before, but I firmly believe that polarization is one of the most dangerous cultural forces in our world today. The reality is that we don’t have a monoculture. We have TWO monocultures, at either end of a barbell, with little to no dialogue between them. I share @erica’s lamentation.

1. Coinbase employee 2. Coinbase investor 3. Coinbase paid to join 4. Ex-Coinbase employee 5. Coinbase partner Creator coins do not work. They do. not. work. If I were building a consumer startup with millions of dollars and tens of employees, and the leaderboard looked like this, we would pivot.

No pass interference was called here. At the 5-yard line.

Just added to my $LIT stack. Almost time to go to bed, I guess.

Let's get $PIXY based on your Farcaster activities! 🔥 Join and let's start the journey

Must read for those interested in the creator coin narrative. This is a great look at the data behind the rhetoric. Good summary from @nickysap.

Ironically those who champion diversity most loudly would rather us all be the same.

Same. Bullish on the chain, bullish on crypto. But a lot of my ideas from the last year have been upended. 2026 could be a wild one.

Serious responses only. Dumb politicized responses will result in blocks/mutes/wildly inappropriate insults. What is the conservative argument for ICE’s existence? Seems both redundant with the FBI and an inefficient of limited government resources.

They had to beat both the Bills and the refs in a hostile environment, but the best team in the league got it done. We still need to play two halves, though. GGs, Buffalo. Maybe we’ll see you again soon. Go Birds. 🦅

A fun one for the conspiracy nuts: In the "my real account" video, when @nickshirley.base.eth counts to 3 for proof of not-AI, his fingers don't match the count. And no post on other channels about his Base account. And his latest post is Sora content.

“The Fancy was a floating commune, a seedbed for radical ideas about wealth sharing and democratic governance. She was also, inarguably, a slave ship.” This anecdote about the Fancy, Henry Every’s pirate ship, is also apt for a lot of innovations. Including modern crypto.

The year is 2034. Out of sheer stubbornness, despite literal decades of user feedback to the contrary: • Farcaster's search button still floats on the right side, cast on the left. It’s still universally hated and no one has adjusted. RPs (robotic persons) confuse it constantly, providing a point for bonding with humans. DMs haven't changed. • TBA remains committed to creator coins. Coinbase's flagship app remains its primary competitor. It costs $10,000 a month to build on the Base appchain (rebranded to Base Developer SDK). • Opportunities remain for new clients, but still no one is incentivized to build them. But the protocol is still around, so there's that. And Taco Bell still rules. Taco Bell is forever.

In a world of increasing AI, I can see a bull case for a return to true social and a Facebook resurgence.

The year is 2048. Blockchains have formed network states which have supplanted nation states. — Dan, leader of Keats, runs Venice (CA) and parts of Kings County, NY. Keats accepts any global currency and is the easiest network state in which to transact. However, Coindia and what’s left of the USA (now known as "Middle America") threatens Keats' borders daily on the Brooklyn front. Keats would've been a larger, more powerful state, but the opportunities for new network states were constant and led to fragmentation. — Jesse is the elected leader of Day One, a nation-state comprised of the Philippines, Nigeria, and Vietnam, despite them being "ungovernable". Day One accepts any currency, but it must be exchanged at their borders to Day One equivalents. There is no Day Two. — The rest of New York, along with the rest of LA and Miami-Dade, is owned by Coinbase. This state, Coindia, perpetually threatens the existence of both Keats and Day One. Everything is currency. — Solanaland owns the most territory but nearly has the lowest GDP. They're second only to World who, despite its name, doesn't actually run the Earth. Constant revolutions from the Pumpfundamentalists have kept them from growing. — A Bitcoin-denominated DAO runs modern day Central America, which is now an island since El Salvador constructed the NoCA Canal in conjunction with Honduras. Fully funded by BTC. Decentral America is well-funded and well-armed. — Tempo runs a self-named megalopolis stretching from the Bay Area to Vancouver. Tempo is stable, with no known enemies. At least not since the Great Fiat War of 2036. — The majority of humans hold Poly passports. Bitcoin and a variety of stables are official currencies. There was a peaceful transition of power from Shayne Coplan to Tim Henson.

𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝟭𝟳 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 Cowboys over Commanders Lions over Vikings Broncos over Chiefs Texans over Chargers Packers over Ravens Eagles over Bills Steelers over Browns Patriots over Jets Saints over Titans Colts over Jaguars Bucs over Dolphins Seahawks over Panthers Bengals over Cardinals Raiders over Giants 49ers over Bears Rams over Falcons Last week: 12-4 Season: 159-80-1 (67%)

I remain aligned during this season of priority clarification. I’m grateful to the Chairman and senior leaders, and trust that their time in Aspen was fruitful.